Serum cytokine changes in Turkish children infected with Giardia lamblia with and without allergy: Effect of metronidazole treatment

Acta Tropica

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-122

  Bayraktar, Mehmet Refik ^a   Mehmet, Nihayet ^a   Durmaz, Riza ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allergy; CRP; Cytokines; Giardiasis; Metronidazole; NO

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; HYDROXYZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; METRONIDAZOLE; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; IMMUNE RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TH1 CELL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; TURKEY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 21744461468     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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