Hepatocyte growth factor levels in Legionella pneumonia: a retrospective study.

Futoshi Higa,Morikazu Akamine,Makoto Furugen,Kenji Hibiya,Michio Koide,Maki Tamayose,Yuichiro Tamaki,Syusaku Haranaga,Noriko Arakaki,Satomi Yara,Masao Tateyama,Jiro Fujita

Hepatocyte growth factor levels in Legionella pneumonia: a retrospective study.

2011

Futoshi Higa
Morikazu Akamine
Makoto Furugen
Kenji Hibiya
Michio Koide
Maki Tamayose
Yuichiro Tamaki
Syusaku Haranaga
Noriko Arakaki
Satomi Yara
Masao Tateyama
Jiro Fujita

Background Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is known to be involved in the resolution of pulmonary inflammation and repair of acute lung injury. Legionella pneumonia is sometimes complicated by acute lung injury. Our study aimed to determine the role of serum HGF levels in Legionella pneumonia.

Keywords:

Inflammation
Bacterial pneumonia
Pathology
Legionnaires' disease
C-reactive protein
Lung
Retrospective cohort study
Immunology
Medicine
Hepatocyte growth factor
Legionella Pneumonia
White blood cell
Legionella
Lactate dehydrogenase
lung injury

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