C-reactive protein: a useful marker for guiding duration of antibiotic therapy in suspected neonatal septicaemia?

The study aimed to determine whether serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels can be used to identify when antibiotics can safely be discontinued in cases of suspected neonatal septicaemia. Neonates with suspected neonatal septicaemia treated at a hospital in Al Ramadi city, Iraq, in 2005 had serum CRP...

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Published in:Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 269 - 276
Main Author: Al-Zwaini EJ
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: World Health Organization mar/abr2009
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