Production of tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6 in whole blood stimulated by live Gran-negative and Gram-positive bacteria

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 129-134

  Kragsbjerg, Peter ^a,b   Söderquist, Bo ^a   Holmberg, Hans ^a   Vikerfors, Tomas ^a   Danielsson, Dan ^a  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Lindesberg Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytokine production; In vitro; Live bacteria; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A'; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP G';

EID: 0031914298     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00375.x     Document Type: Article

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