RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 C-reactive protein: a valuable acute investigation. A case of pneumococcal meningitis presenting as ankle pain
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 602
OP 603
DO 10.1136/emj.2003.012146
VO 22
IS 8
A1 J S Huntley
A1 M B Kelly
YR 2005
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/8/602.abstract
AB A case is presented in which the decision to admit and treat an adult with musculoskeletal pain and pyrexia was based on her markedly raised c-reactive protein (CRP). At the time of admission she was apyrexial and the CRP was the only haematological investigation that was out of the normal range. She subsequently became precipitously septic with pneumococcal bacteraemia and meningitis. The CRP is an important investigation for emergency departments.