Survival of Vibrio vulnificus in whole blood from patients with chronic liver diseases: Association with phagocytosis by neutrophils and serum ferritin levels

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 275-278

  Hor, Lien I ^a   Chang, Ting Tsung ^a   Wang, Shan Tair ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; FERRITIN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND INFECTION;

BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FERRITINS; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032952329     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314554     Document Type: Article

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