Interleukin-18 plasma levels are increased in patients with sepsis compared to severely injured patients

Shock

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 411-414

  Oberholzer, Andreas ^b   Steckholzer, Ursula ^b   Kurimoto, Masashi ^b   Trentz, Otmar ^b   Ertel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gram negative sepsis; Gram positive sepsis; IL 18; Sepsis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INJURY; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035653851     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024382-200116060-00001     Document Type: Article

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