Study of C-reactive protein in respiration tract infections in Telangana patients

 

 

Abstract              Background: C-reactive protein being an acute phase protein rises in pneumonia and may be helpful in differentiating patients with lung parenchyma infection from patients with infection sequested to the bronchial tree. Method: Out of 500 patients 380 had pneumonia, 180 had COPD with acute exacerbation were studied. Serum CRP levels and other traditional biomarkers of infections and crest x-ray was studied. Results: Mean CRP in pneumonia was 76.87 (± 11.1) and Mean CRP value was 16.7 (± 9.2) and t test was 65.05 and p< 0.00. In pneumonia 204 (± 64.3%) had CRP value up to 50, 70 (± 21.8%) had 50-100 CRP value, 32 (± 10.1) had 100-150 CRP value and 4 (± 1.25%) patients 551-600 CRP. In COPD with acute exacerbation patients 175 (± 97%) had up to 50 CRP value only 5 (± 2.7%) had 50-100 CRP value. Conclusion: This study shows variation in CRP values in both different respiratory infections. CRP values useful adjective test in pneumonia patients which differ from COPD with different CRP value. Apart from diagnostic value CRP value also useful in differential diagnose in respiratory infections.

Keywords: Latex agglutation test, Humatex CRP, COPD, Pneumonia, Telangnana