Pulse methylprednisolone therapy in type 3 adenovirus pneumonia with hypercytokinemia

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-73

  Takahashi, Ikuko ^a   Takahashi, Tsutomu ^a   Tsuchida, Satoko ^a   Mikami, Tamaki ^a   Saito, Hiroyuki ^b   Hatazawa, Chiaki ^c   Takada, Goro ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Akita Kumiai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

KL 6; Pneumonia; Pulse methyl prednisolone therapy; Type 3 adenovirus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYTOKINE; FERRITIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCYTOKINEMIA; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUCINS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 33646186540     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.209.69     Document Type: Article

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