Cytokine release by lipopolysaccharide-stimulated whole blood from patients with typhoid fever.

The ex vivo cytokine response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of whole blood from patients with typhoid fever was investigated. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha release by LPS-stimulated blood was found to be lower during acute typhoid fever than after a course of antimicrobial therapy (P

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: House, D, Chinh, N, Hien, T, Parry, C, Ly, N, Diep, T, Wain, J, Dunstan, S, White, N, Dougan, G, Farrar, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002