Elevated Pentraxin-3 Concentrations in Patients With Leprosy: Potential Biomarker of Erythema Nodosum Leprosum - Mendes, Mayara Abud; de Carvalho, Daniel Serra; Amadeu, Thaís Porto; de Andrade Silva, Bruno Jorge; da Silva Prata, Rhana Berto; da Silva, Camila Oliveira; Ferreira, Helen; de Andrea Hacker, Mariana; Nery, José Augusto Costa; Pinheiro, Roberta Olmo; Sampaio, Elizabeth Pereira; Sarno, Euzenir Nunes; et al. (The Journal of infectious diseases, 2017)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS AND HOST RESPONSE; Biomarkers - analysis; C-Reactive Protein - analysis; C-Reactive Protein - genetics; Case-Control Studies; Child; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Erythema Nodosum - diagnosis; Erythema Nodosum - pathology; Female; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Leprostatic Agents - administration & dosage; Leprosy, Lepromatous - diagnosis; Leprosy, Lepromatous - pathology; Male; Middle Aged; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Serum Amyloid P-Component - analysis; Serum Amyloid P-Component - genetics; Skin - pathology; Thalidomide - administration & dosage; Young Adult; leprosy; ENL; PTX3; biomarker