Cytokines and Chemokines as Biomarkers of Community-Acquired Bacterial Infection

• Main Authors: Michal Holub (Author), David A. Lawrence (Author), Nancy Andersen (Author), Alžběta Davidová (Author), Ondřej Beran (Author), Vilma Marešová (Author), Pavel Chalupa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Routinely used biomarkers of bacterial etiology of infection, such as C-reactive protein and procalcitonin, have limited usefulness for evaluation of infections since their expression is enhanced by a number of different conditions. Therefore, several inflammatory cytokines and chemokines were analy...