CLINICAL LABORATORY, cilt.54, ss.15-18, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
Introduction: The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a common but nonspecific test that is often used as an indicator of active disease. Infection of dental origin may be responsible for a number of cases in unresolved elevated ESR and fever etiology. Dental sepsis is the one of the potential causes of persistent fever that can escape detection.