Immune effects of interferon gamma in persistent staphylococcal sepsis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-112

  Nalos, Marek ^a   Santner Nanan, Brigitte ^a   Parnell, Grant ^a   Tang, Benjamin ^a   McLean, Anthony S ^a   Nanan, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NONKETOTIC DIABETIC COMA; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PYURIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TREATMENT DURATION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84855265554     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.185.1.110     Document Type: Letter

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