Acute-Phase Reactants Are Elevated in a Patient's Serum

question 37

Multiple Choice

Acute-phase reactants are elevated in a patient's serum.What does this result,on its own,indicate about the patient?

• A) Inflammation of an unknown cause is present.
• B) The patient has a leukemia but not a lymphoma.
• C) The patient has a bacterial infection.
• D) There is a parasitic infection and not a viral infection.

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