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It is common practice to use serial serum C-reactive protein (CRP) to help decide treatment response, although limited evidence supports this practice. We evaluated whether CRP assessment predicts treatment failure in NVO.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a multisite retrospective cohort study at the University of Vermont Health Network among adults with NVO managed with \u22656 weeks of antibiotics and in whom there were \u22652 documented CRP values at least a week apart. The primary outcome was microbiologic or clinical failure of antibiotic therapy within 6 months of the initial diagnosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 628 patients identified by the initial screening criteria, 143 met inclusion criteria. In univariate analyses, the median last CRP value differed between patients with treatment success and those with treatment failure (8.9 vs 21.0\u2005mg\/dL; P &amp;lt; .01), as did the median percent decrease from first to last CRP measurement (88.9% vs 76.9% reduction; P = .03). However, in multivariate analyses adjusting for Staphylococcus aureus infection and epidural abscess we observed only weak and nonsignificant associations between CRP values and treatment failure (odds ratios, 1.02 for median last CRP value [P = .06] and 0.99 for median percent difference (P = .11).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Serial CRP measurements were only weakly associated with treatment failure in NVO. 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