Tumor necrosis factor gene polymorphisms and the variable presentation and outcome of community-acquired pneumonia

Chest. 2002 Mar;121(3 Suppl):87S.

Authors

Richard G Wunderink¹, Grant W Waterer, Rita M Cantor, Michael W Quasney

Affiliation

¹ Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Foundation, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA. wunderir@methodisthealth.org

PMID: 11893712

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Community-Acquired Infections / genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genotype
Haplotypes
Humans
Logistic Models
Odds Ratio
Pneumonia / complications
Pneumonia / genetics*
Pneumonia / mortality
Polymorphism, Genetic*
Shock, Septic / etiology
Shock, Septic / genetics
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / genetics*

Substances

Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha