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Prognostic value of interleukin-8 in AIDS-associated Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

DOI

100

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0

References

1995

Year

Thomas Benfield, Jørgen Vestbo, Jette Junge, Thyge L. Nielsen, Anders Bonde Jensen, Jens Lundgren
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

i) IL-8 in BAL fluid correlates to the clinical severity of the pneumonia, and ii) is a predictor of mortality and severe respiratory compromise.