The good and the bad: using C reactive protein to distinguish bacterial from non-bacterial infection among febrile patients in low-resource settings

C Escadafal, S Incardona, BL Fernandez-Carballo… - BMJ Global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
C reactive protein (CRP), a marker for the presence of an inflammatory process, is the most
extensively studied marker for distinguishing bacterial from non-bacterial infections in febrile …

Community-based antibiotic access and use in six low-income and middle-income countries: a mixed-method approach

NTT Do, HTL Vu, CTK Nguyen, S Punpuing… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Antimicrobial misuse is common in low-income and middle-income countries
(LMICs), and this practice is a driver of antibiotic resistance. We compared community-based …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of community-onset bloodstream infections among hospitalized patients in Africa and Asia

CS Marchello, AP Dale, S Pisharody… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Community-onset bloodstream infections (CO-BSI) are major causes of severe febrile illness
and death worldwide. In light of new data and the growing problem of antimicrobial …

Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and its determinants among outpatient children in 3 low-and middle-income countries: A multicentric community-based cohort …

A Ardillon, L Ramblière, E Kermorvant-Duchemin… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Antibiotic resistance is a global public health issue, particularly in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs), where antibiotics required to treat resistant infections are …

C-reactive protein as a potential biomarker for disease progression in dengue: a multi-country observational study

NL Vuong, HT Le Duyen, PK Lam, DTH Tam… - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Dengue infection can cause a wide spectrum of clinical outcomes. The severe
clinical manifestations occur sufficiently late in the disease course, during day 4–6 of illness …

Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in primary care: narrative review of C reactive protein (CRP) point-of-care testing (POCT) and antibacterial use in patients who …

J Cooke, C Llor, R Hopstaken… - BMJ open …, 2020 - bmjopenrespres.bmj.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to be a global problem and continues to be
addressed through national strategies to improve diagnostics, develop new antimicrobials …

Biomarkers as point‐of‐care tests to guide prescription of antibiotics in people with acute respiratory infections in primary care

SA Smedemark, R Aabenhus, C Llor… - Cochrane Database …, 2022 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are by far the most common reason for
prescribing an antibiotic in primary care, even though the majority of ARIs are of viral or non …

Point-of-care C-reactive protein measurement by community health workers safely reduces antimicrobial use among children with respiratory illness in rural Uganda …

EJ Ciccone, D Hu, JS Preisser, CA Cassidy… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Acute respiratory illness (ARI) is one of the most common reasons children
receive antibiotic treatment. Measurement of C-reaction protein (CRP) has been shown to …

[图书][B] Interdisciplinary qualitative research in global development: A concise guide

MJ Haenssgen - 2019 - emerald.com
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Publish with us Advanced search Appendices Marco J. Haenssgen (University of Warwick, UK) …

Implementation of point-of-care testing of C-reactive protein concentrations to improve antibiotic targeting in respiratory illness in Vietnamese primary care: a …

NTT Do, TVD Vu, RC Greer, S Dittrich… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background In previous trials, point-of-care testing of C-reactive protein (CRP)
concentrations safely reduced antibiotic use in non-severe acute respiratory infections in …