Comparison of interferon-γ response between tuberculosis and non-tubercular pneumonia

Inflammation Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-16

  Wu, H P ^a,b   Hua, C C ^a   Liu, Y C ^a   Chuang, D Y ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cavity; Diabetes mellitus; Interferon gamma; Pneumoconiosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CELL STIMULATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SUPERNATANT; THORACIC CAVITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CELLS, CULTURED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; ROC CURVE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33847642913     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: 1420908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00011-007-6083-9     Document Type: Article

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