High serum levels of neopterin in patients with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and its relation with mortality

Journal of Infection

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 366-370

  Onguru, Pinar ^a   Akgul, Emin Ozgur ^b   Akinci, Esragul ^a   Yaman, Halil ^b   Kurt, Yasemin Gulcan ^b   Erbay, Ayse ^a   Bayazit, Fatma Nurhayat ^a   Bodur, Hurrem ^a   Erbil, Kemal ^b   Acikel, Cengiz Han ^b   Cevik, Mustafa Aydin ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Mortality; Neopterin; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEOPTERIN;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAIRO VIRUS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPTERIN; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 42649130340     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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