炎症标志物作为社区获得性肺炎管理风险因素的作用

Ruta Nutautiene1, Irmantas Aleksa2, Ieva Janulaityte1

  • 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Academy of Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickeviciaus st. 9, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania.

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概括

像IL-6和IL-8这样的系统性炎症标志物可以帮助识别社区获得性肺炎 (CAP) 的原因和严重程度. 这些标记物,包括干扰素- (IFN-γ) 和颗粒细胞殖民地刺激因子 (G-CSF),有助于CAP患者的临床和治疗决策.

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