Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiología clínica
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · Feb 2001
[C reactive protein as marker of infection among patients with severe closed trauma].
Injury and infection are characterized by the activation of the acute phase proteins response. C-reactive protein (CRP), an acute phase protein, has been mentioned as an useful indicator of infection and sepsis in critically ill patients. ⋯ The course of serum CRP levels is different in the group of patients with severe blunt trauma and infection, compared with the non-infected group during the first week after injury and it could be an useful supplementary marker for infection after postinjury day 4. A value of 110 mg/l or higher for CRP should suggest an underlying infectious complication.