Cytokine levels in patients with brucellosis and their relations with the treatment

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-390

  Akbulut, H ^a   Celik, I ^a   Akbulut, A ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Cytokines; Treatment

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; DOXYCYCLINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 37549005971     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 02550857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.37345     Document Type: Article

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