Determination and clinical correlation of markers of inflammation in unvaccinated patients with varicella-zoster infection
EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES, vol.17, no.15, pp.2032-2039, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 17 Issue: 15
- Publication Date: 2013
- Journal Name: EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.2032-2039
- Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chicken pox is commonly known as a benign exenthamatous disease of childhood, occasionally neurologic or hemorrhagic complications, or even death may ensue. Early predictors of severity of disease have yet to be identified. TNF-alpha and IL-6 stimulate virus-specific immunoglobulin production and it has been postulated that determination of levels of these cytokines may be useful as a prognostic factor.