Case of invasive nontypable Haemophilus influenzae respiratory tract infection with a large quantity of neutrophil extracellular traps in sputum

Journal of Inflammation Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-140

  Hamaguchi, Shigeto ^a   Seki, Masafumi ^a   Yamamoto, Norihisa ^a   Hirose, Tomoya ^a   Matsumoto, Naoya ^a   Irisawa, Taro ^a   Takegawa, Ryosuke ^a   Shimazu, Takeshi ^a   Tomono, Kazunori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae; Neutrophil extracellular traps; Nontypable; Pneumonia; Sepsis; Type b

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CELL DNA; HISTONE H3; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FATALITY; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHIL EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESUSCITATION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84871627815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JIR.S39497     Document Type: Article

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