Serum interleukin-17 predicts severity and prognosis in patients with community acquired pneumonia: a prospective cohort study

Serum interleukin-17 predicts severity and prognosis in patients with community acquired pneumonia: a prospective cohort study

Abstract Background Some studies previously demonstrated that interleukin-17 (IL-17) involves in pulmonary diseases progression. Nevertheless, the role of IL-17 in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains unknown. This study aims to examine the correlations between serum IL-17 with the severity an...

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Main Authors: Chun-Mei Feng, Xin-Ming Wang, Meng-Die Li, Zheng Xu, Dong-Xu Hua, Jia-Yi Cheng, Ling Zheng, Hui Zhao, Lin Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-12-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Community-acquired pneumonia
Interleukin-17
CAP severity scores
Prognosis
Biomarker
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01770-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01770-6

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