Serum concentrations of lipopolysaccharide activity-modulating proteins during tuberculosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1839-1842

  Juffermans, Nicole P ^a   Verbon, Annelies ^b   Van Deventer, Sander J H ^b   Buurman, Wim A ^b   Van Deutekom, Henk ^b   Speelman, Peter ^b   Van Der Poll, Tom ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERICIDAL PERMEABILITY INCREASING PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BINDING PROTEIN; CD14 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD14; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031764419     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314492     Document Type: Article

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