Jake Scott, MD
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Infectious diseases doc, clinical associate professor, @StanfordDeptMed, antibiotic stewardship director @SOMatSHCTV | opinions my own, no conflicts of interest
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https://profiles.stanford.edu/jake-scott 07-07-2015 18:54:08
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The routine ordering of ESR & CRP should stop. These tests aren’t specific to any particular disease, they can’t differentiate infection from acute/chronic inflammation, and their ability to prognosticate is limited. Brad Spellberg Clinical Microbiology and Infection clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…