Circulating levels of interleukin-17A and interleukin-23 are increased in patients with gonococcal infection

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 129-132

  Gagliardi, Maria Cristina ^a   Starnino, Stefania ^a   Teloni, Raffaela ^a   Mariotti, Sabrina ^a   Dal Conte, Ivano ^b   Di Carlo, Aldo ^c   Stefanelli, Paola ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gonorrhoea; Interleukin 17A; Interleukin 23

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 23;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-23; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651065112     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2010.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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