Decrease of CD4-lymphocytes and apoptosis of CD14-monocytes are characteristic alterations in sepsis caused by ventilator-associated pneumonia: results from an observational study.

Aimilia Pelekanou,Iraklis Tsangaris,Antigoni Kotsaki,Vassiliki Karagianni,Helen Giamarellou,Apostolos Armaganidis,Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis

Decrease of CD4-lymphocytes and apoptosis of CD14-monocytes are characteristic alterations in sepsis caused by ventilator-associated pneumonia: results from an observational study.

2009

Aimilia Pelekanou
Iraklis Tsangaris
Antigoni Kotsaki
Vassiliki Karagianni
Helen Giamarellou
Apostolos Armaganidis
Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis

Introduction The present study aimed to investigate changes of the immune response between sepsis due to ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and sepsis due to other types of infections.

Keywords:

Bacterial pneumonia
Intensive care medicine
CD14
Immune system
Lipopolysaccharide
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Sepsis
Peripheral blood mononuclear cell
Interleukin 6
Medicine
Immunology
Tumor necrosis factor alpha

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