Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells in sputum of patients with community-acquired pneumonia or pulmonary tuberculosis: A pilot study

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-76

  Tintinger, G R ^a   Van Der Merwe, J J ^a   Fickl, H ^b   Rheeder, P ^a   Feldman, C ^c   Anderson, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS 1; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TREM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURB 65 SCORE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPUTUM LEVEL; UPREGULATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BONE MARROW CELL; CHEMISTRY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SPUTUM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYELOID CELLS; PILOT PROJECTS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84861121763     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1278-y     Document Type: Article

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