IL-8 and tumor necrosis factor alpha in heart valves from patients with infective endocarditis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 759-762

  Ekdahl, Christer ^a   Broqvist, Mats ^a   Franzén, Stefan ^a   Ljunghusen, Olof ^a   Maller, Rolf ^a   Sander, Birgitta ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 8; PARAFFIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; EMBEDDING; GRANULOCYTE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PHAGOCYTE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 18744400493     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540210147912     Document Type: Article

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