[C-reactive protein in inflammatory processes of the female genital organs].

C-reactive protein (CRP) was investigated in 202 women: in 20 women with acute non-specific inflammation and the presence of different bacteria (Streptococcus pyocyaneus, Enterococcus, Escherichia colli, Proteus), in 12 women with confirmed genital tuberculosis, in 66 women with the chronic inflammation of genital organs, and in 104 women with normal genital findings. In all patients with acute inflammations CRP was positive. It was highly positive in those with elevated temperature and sedimentation values. CRP was also positive in the group of women with genital tuberculosis. A quantitative analysis mainly gave low CRP values in these women. The CRP values correlated with the Middelbrook-Dubos reaction titer. In women with chronic inflamations and those with a normal genital finding CRP proved negative. In women with CRP was positive even when the antistreptolysin caused by streptococci but also for those caused by other agents. It is concluded that C-reactive protein is a useful indicator of the activity of different inflammatory processes and that it may be affected by different drugs.