Epidemiology and etiology of community-acquired pneumonia
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Epidemiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Outside Hospital
Information on community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) outside hospital is somewhat hampered by the use of different definitions. The International Classification of Primary Care indicates that the diagnosis pneumonia should be coded in the presence of signs of consolidation in lung tissue, either by physical examination or on a chest X ray (Bridges-Webb, 1998). Other publications define pneumonia a...
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LPS could induce nuclear translocation of NF-kB in E1Atransfected cells alone.7 In E1A-transformed airway cells, the NF-kB transcription factor is involved in the IL-8 gene and ICAM-1 gene expression after LPS stimulation. In addition, Metcalf8 reported that adenovirus E1A 13S gene product upregulates TNF-a gene. On the other hand, cigarette smokers have increased numbers of neutrophils present...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0891-5520
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2004.08.003