Prognostic Value of Some Acute Phase Reactants in the Management of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Disease

Autor:	Ekarika Evelyn A, Akpotuzor Josephine O, Akwiwu Euphoria C
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Acute-phase protein Healthy subjects Disease Control subjects Gastroenterology Surgery Fibrinogen levels Pulmonary tuberculosis Erythrocyte sedimentation rate Internal medicine Medicine business Plasma viscosity
Zdroj:	International Journal of Virology and AIDS. 1
ISSN:	2469-567X
DOI:	10.23937/2469-567x/1510002
Popis:	This study was conducted to assess the relevance of serum C- reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), relative plasma viscosity (RPV) and fibrinogen level in the management of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) disease. One hundred (100) PTB patients attending the TB clinic of Dr Lawrence Henshaw Memorial Specialist Hospital Calabar, and 70 age and sex-matched apparently healthy subjects between 15-65 years of age were selected and enrolled. Standard techniques were used for the assays. Results showed significantly lower PCV (p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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