Trauma patients with positive cultures have higher levels of circulating macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF)

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 13-20

  Joshi, P C ^a   Poole, G V ^a   Sachdev, V ^a   Zhou, X ^a   Jones, Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; URINE CULTURE; WOUND;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION-INHIBITORY FACTORS; MACROPHAGES; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034461738     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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