prospective study, standard clinical laboratory data (neutrophil count, serum C reactive
protein level, erythrocyte sedimentation rate) and quantitative flow cytometric analysis of
neutrophil complement receptors, CR1 and CR3, were obtained from 289 hospitalized
febrile patients. After microbiological confirmation or clinical diagnosis, 135 patients were
found to have either bacterial (n= 89) or viral (n= 46) infection. The patient data was …