Interleukin-8 and leukotriene B4 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from HIV-infected patients with bacterial pneumonia

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 317-321

  Krarup, E ^a,b   Vestbo, J ^a   Benfield, T L ^a   Lundgren, J D ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOTRIENE B4;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LUNG; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHILIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030978358     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(97)90036-6     Document Type: Article

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