Do increased interleukin-10 levels correlate with bacteremia and sepsis in febrile neutropenia pediatric oncology patients?
IL-10 evaluation might be used as an additional diagnostic tool for clinicians in excluding bacteremia or clinical sepsis in oncology patients with febrile neutropenia because of high NPV and specificity.
This study provides the first evidence that the protein kinase inhibitor tyrphostin AG 126 attenuates the degree of MOF associated with zymosan-induced peritonitis in the rat.