Modulation of the human interleukin-12p40 response by a triazole antifungal derivative, itraconazole

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 607-609

  Inoue, Hitoshi ^a   Iwasaki, Hiromichi ^b   Abe, Shigeru ^c   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^c   Ueda, Takanori ^b  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYTOKINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; ITRACONAZOLE; MEROPENEM; PANIPENEM PLUS BETAMIPRON; PROTEIN P40; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P40; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4544277667     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410018148     Document Type: Article

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