Immune Mediators of protective and pathogenic immune responses in patients with mild and fatal human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis

BMC Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ismail, Nahed ^a,c   Walker, David H ^b   Ghose, Purnima ^c   Tang, Yi Wei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chemokines; Cytokines; Death Receptors; Ehrlichiosis; Human ehrlichiosis; Pro inflammatory cytokines; T cells; Th1 response; Toxic shock

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFEPIME; DOXYCYCLINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN MONOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYALGIA; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NEUTROPENIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTIC SHOCK; TH1 CELL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, CD95; CHEMOKINES; CHILD; EHRLICHIOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MALE; MONOCYTES; RECEPTORS, DEATH DOMAIN; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861213678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-13-26     Document Type: Article

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