Utility of the tourniquet test and the white blood cell count to differentiate dengue among acute febrile illnesses in the emergency room.

• Hlavní autoři: Christopher J Gregory (Autor), Olga D Lorenzi (Autor), Lisandra Colón (Autor), Arleene Sepúlveda García (Autor), Luis M Santiago (Autor), Ramón Cruz Rivera (Autor), Liv Jossette Cuyar Bermúdez (Autor), Fernando Ortiz Báez (Autor), Delanor Vázquez Aponte (Autor), Kay M Tomashek (Autor), Jorge Gutierrez (Autor), Luisa Alvarado (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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Dengue often presents with non-specific clinical signs, and given the current paucity of accurate, rapid diagnostic laboratory tests, identifying easily obtainable bedside markers of dengue remains a priority. Previous studies in febrile Asian children have suggested that the combination of a positi...