{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["96"],"submitter":["Althaus T"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objectives</h4>This study investigated causes of fever in the primary levels of care in Southeast Asia, and evaluated whether C-reactive protein (CRP) could distinguish bacterial from viral pathogens.<h4>Methods</h4>Blood and nasopharyngeal swab specimens were taken from children and adults with fever (>37.5 °C) or history of fever (<14 days) in Thailand and Myanmar.<h4>Results</h4>Of 773 patients with at least one blood or nasopharyngeal swab specimen collected, 227 (29.4%) had a target organism detected. Influenza virus type A was detected in 85/227 cases (37.5%), followed by dengue virus (30 cases, 13.2%), respiratory syncytial virus (24 cases, 10.6%) and Leptospira spp. (nine cases, 4.0%). Clinical outcomes were similar between patients with a bacterial or a viral organism, regardl"],"journal":["International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases"],"pagination":["334-342"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7211754"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Causes of fever in primary care in Southeast Asia and the performance of C-reactive protein in discriminating bacterial from viral pathogens."],"pmcid":["PMC7211754"],"pubmed_authors":["Smit PW","Day NPJ","Althaus T","Winchell JM","Peerawaranun P","Blacksell S","Lubell Y","Thaipadungpanit J","Dittrich S","Smithuis F","Swe MMM","Turner P","Greer RC","Diaz MH","Wangrangsimakul T"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Causes of fever in primary care in Southeast Asia and the performance of C-reactive protein in discriminating bacterial from viral pathogens.","description":"<h4>Objectives</h4>This study investigated causes of fever in the primary levels of care in Southeast Asia, and evaluated whether C-reactive protein (CRP) could distinguish bacterial from viral pathogens.<h4>Methods</h4>Blood and nasopharyngeal swab specimens were taken from children and adults with fever (>37.5 °C) or history of fever (<14 days) in Thailand and Myanmar.<h4>Results</h4>Of 773 patients with at least one blood or nasopharyngeal swab specimen collected, 227 (29.4%) had a target organism detected. Influenza virus type A was detected in 85/227 cases (37.5%), followed by dengue virus (30 cases, 13.2%), respiratory syncytial virus (24 cases, 10.6%) and Leptospira spp. (nine cases, 4.0%). Clinical outcomes were similar between patients with a bacterial or a viral organism, regardl","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Jul","modification":"2026-05-04T00:06:06.785Z","creation":"2020-05-26T07:00:21Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7211754","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32437937"],"doi":["10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.016"]}}