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Can you still have inflammation with normal crp and sed rate titers ? and what are the best markers for inflammation ?

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It depends on....: It depends on the severity of inflammation that is present. If you're talking about the type of inflammation that you might see from an insect bite or a dog scratch then sed rate and CRP will often be normal. If you're talking about the type of inflammation that can occur with a major pneumonia or severe infection of the kidney then typically both would be high. The CRP is more sensitive of the 2

Answered 12/12/2019

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