Efficiency of interleukin 6 and interferon gamma in the differentiation of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and pneumocystis pneumonia in pediatric oncology patients | Zendy

Heping Shen | Zendy; Yongmin Tang | Zendy; Hua Song | Zendy; Weiqun Xu | Zendy; Shilong Yang | Zendy; Xiaojun Xu | Zendy

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Efficiency of interleukin 6 and interferon gamma in the differentiation of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and pneumocystis pneumonia in pediatric oncology patients

Author(s) -

Heping Shen,

Yongmin Tang,

Hua Song,

Weiqun Xu,

Shilong Yang,

Xiaojun Xu

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.05.016

Subject(s) - pneumocystis pneumonia , medicine , pneumonia , cytokine , tumor necrosis factor alpha , pulmonary aspergillosis , gastroenterology , differential diagnosis , interleukin , aspergillosis , interferon gamma , bacterial pneumonia , interferon , immunology , pneumocystis jirovecii , pathology

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) and Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) are two types of pulmonary fungal infection that are not easy to differentiate. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of inflammatory cytokines in the differential diagnosis of IPA and PCP.

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