mission. Compared to non-severe CAP patients, the severe CAP group showed higher plasma levels of ... hypothermia; and (3) leukocytosis, left shift, or leu-.
Contrasting Inflammatory Responses in Severe and Non-severe Community-acquired Pneumonia Rafael Fernandez-Botran,1 Silvia M. Uriarte,2 Forest W. Arnold,3 Lisandra Rodriguez-Hernandez,3 Madhavi J. Rane,2 Paula Peyrani,3 Timothy Wiemken,3 Robert Kelley,3 Srinivas Uppatla,3 Rodrigo Cavallazzi,3 Francesco Blasi,5 Letizia Morlacchi,5 Stefano Aliberti,5,6 Colleen Jonsson,7 Julio A. Ramirez,3,4 and Jose Bordon8,9
Abstract—The objective of this study was to compare systemic and local cytokine profiles and neutrophil responses in patients with severe versus non-severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Hospitalized patients with CAP were grouped according to the pneumonia severity index (PSI), as non-severe (PSI
