Community-Acquired Pneumonia Measured in Blood of Patients with Severe Molecular Inflammatory Responses
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Molecular inflammatory responses measured in blood of patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia.
In order to analyze the characteristics of the inflammatory response occurring in blood during pneumonia, we studied 38 patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia. Venous and arterial blood samples were collected at study entry and on days 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 after inclusion. The concentrations of proinflammatory (tumor necrosis factor alpha [TNF-alpha], interleukin 1beta [IL-1beta], IL-6,...
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تاریخ انتشار 2003