Open AccessCould there be an association between chronic brucellosis and endothelial damage?
Author(s) -
Turhan Togan,
Özgür Çiftçi,
Hale Turan,
Hüseyin Narcı,
Hakan Güllü,
Hande Arslan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.4345
Subject(s) - medicine , endothelial dysfunction , brucellosis , gastroenterology , basal (medicine) , c reactive protein , cardiology , immunology , inflammation , insulin
In this study, we examined the effects of Brucella infection on endothelial dysfunction. Flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) measurement is indicator of the endothelial function, and abnormal values indicating endothelial dysfunction are accepted as the first stage of atherosclerosis.
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