Proinflammatory cytokines, fibrinolytic system enzymes, and biochemical indices in children with infectious para-pneumonic effusions

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 699-703

  Chiu, Chih Yung ^a,b   Wong, Kin Sun ^a,b   Huang, Jing Long ^b   Tasi, Ming Han ^c   Lin, Tzou Yien ^c   Hsieh, Sen Yung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Pulmonology ^*  (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complicated para pneumonic effusions; Interleukin 1 ; Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; FIBRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; ECHOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FIBRIN; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 51049106851     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318170b678     Document Type: Article

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