Cytokine in serum of typhoid children patients: the relationship between clinical characters and effects.
- Author:
Nguyen Ngoc Quang
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
typhoid, children
- MeSH:
Cytokines;
Serum;
Typhoid Fever;
Child;
Diagnosis
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2004;474(3):41-43
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
41 children aged 7-15 years with typhoid fever (S.typhi positive blood culture) treated at Dong Thap provincial hospital from October 1999 to April 2000, were evaluated concerning the severity of the condition and the outcome of cytokine response. Results showed that the use of cytokine antibody on dissolved receptors of cytokine could have high value in severe typhoid patients. The systemic elevation of cytokine, especially IL-6 was common in children with typhoid fever and associated with the severity and the progression of the disease, high level of cytokine in hospital admission point was an important prognostic sign.
