Evaluation of various cytokines (IL-6, IFN-α, IFN-γ, TNF-α) as markers for acute bacterial infection in swine - A possible role for serum interleukin-6

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-172

  Fossum, Caroline ^a   Wattrang, Eva ^a   Fuxler, Lisbeth ^a   Jensen, Klaus Thorleif ^b   Wallgren, Per ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A. pleuropneumoniae; Antibiotics; Interleukin 6; Pig

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOKINES; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-6; KINETICS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE SEROVAR 2; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032496907     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(98)00126-3     Document Type: Article

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