Inhaled IFN-γ for persistent nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease due to functional IFN-γ deficiency

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 367-370

  Hallstrand, T S ^a   Ochs, H D ^a   Zhu, Q ^a   Liles, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Host defences; Interferon ; Mycobacterium; Treatment; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA1B INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 18; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROTEIN P35; PROTEIN P40; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NEBULIZER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STIMULATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 4544253923     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00036704     Document Type: Article

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