| Literature DB >> 17578770 |
Enrique J Calderón1, Laura Rivero, Nieves Respaldiza, Rubén Morilla, Marco A Montes-Cano, Vicente Friaza, Fernando Muñoz-Lobato, José M Varela, Francisco J Medrano, Carmen de la Horra.
Abstract
In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, high levels of airway and systemic inflammatory markers are associated with a faster decrease in lung function. Our study shows that patients colonized by Pneumocystis jiroveci have higher proinflammatory cytokine levels than do noncolonized patients. This suggests that Pneumocystis may play a role in disease progression.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17578770 DOI： 10.1086/518989
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN： 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079