Cytokine Kinetics in Febrile Neutropenic Children: Insights on the Usefulness as Sepsis Biomarkers, Influence of Filgrastim, and Behavior of the IL-23/IL-17 Pathway

• Main Authors: Orlei Ribeiro de Araujo (Author), Reinaldo Salomão (Author), Milena Karina Coló Brunialti (Author), Dafne Cardoso Bourguignon da Silva (Author), Andreza Almeida Senerchia (Author), Fabianne Altruda de Moraes Costa Carlesse (Author), Antonio Sergio Petrilli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. The study aimed to describe the kinetics of various cytokines from day 1 to day 14 of the onset of fever in neutropenic children and to evaluate their performances as discriminators of sepsis in the first 24 hours of fever, the possible influence of filgrastim, and the functioning of the...