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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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Autores principales: Oppen, Kjersti, Ueland, Thor, Siljan, William Ward, Skadberg, Øyvind, Brede, Cato, Lauritzen, Trine, Aukrust, Pål, Steinsvik, Trude, Husebye, Einar, Michelsen, Annika E, Holter, Jan Cato, Heggelund, Lars
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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