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Hepcidin and Ferritin Predict Microbial Etiology in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
BACKGROUND: Iron is crucial for survival and growth of microbes. Consequently, limiting iron availability is a human antimicrobial defense mechanism. We explored iron and iron-related proteins as potential biomarkers in community-acquired pneumonia and hypothesized that infection-induced changes in...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8043258/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33880390 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab082 |