CRP and infection: The pathogenesis of the disease is still unclear.4 Associations between drugs and infection have been established in afew cases, including non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics withinfections by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Toxoplasma gondii, andthe Epstein-Barr and Varicella-Zoster viruses.3,8 The presence of autoantibodies againstmodified C-reactive protein in the kidneys was recently described.9