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Title: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha as differential diagnostic marker for patients with fever of unknown origin
Authors: Popovska Jovicic, Biljana
Rakovic, Ivana
Petrovic, Sara
Čanović, Petar
Petrovic, Dejan
Sekulic, Sofija
Jovanovic, Ivan
Jovicic, Nemanja
Issue Date: 2019
Abstract: © 2019, University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science. All rights reserved. Febrile conditions of unidentified origin are still unknown in modern medicine despite the development of diagnostic procedures. There are various agents of long-term temperature encompassing numerous infectious or non-infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to determine if there was a statistically significant difference in the values of proinfl ammatory cytokines (IL-1, TNFa, IL-6) in patients who meet the criteria for febrile conditions of unidentified origin, between the group of infectious, malignant, rheumatic, “other” diseases and undiagnosed patients. The study was conducted in the Immunology laboratory of the Center for Molecular Medicine and Stem Cells Research of the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Kragujevac. Blood samples were taken from patients tested at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases, of the Clinical Center of Kragujevac, in the period from 2014 to 2016. The study included 70 patients. The measured values of the level of TNFa showed significantly higher values in a group of malignant diseases than in the group of infectious diseases, while the values of IL-1 and IL-6 did not show statistical significance. TNFa can improve diagnosing in case of patients with an unknown febrile condition, which can shorten the length of the hospital stay and reduce the volume of performance of diagnostic procedures.
URI: https://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/10968
Type: article
DOI: 10.1515/sjecr-2017-0023
ISSN: 1820-8665
SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85070452732
Appears in Collections:Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kragujevac

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