Association of Serum PCSK9 Levels with Antibiotic Resistance and Severity of Disease in Patients with Bacterial Infections Admitted to Intensive Care Units

Association of Serum PCSK9 Levels with Antibiotic Resistance and Severity of Disease in Patients with Bacterial Infections Admitted to Intensive Care Units

Background: The results of several studies have suggested that infections and sepsis, either bacterial or viral, might be associated with elevated plasma proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) levels. Since there are no data on PCSK9 levels and antibiotic resistance or the severity of...

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Main Authors: Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Yunes Panahi, Mohamamd Amin Safarpour, Shiva Ganjali, Mahdi Chahabi, Zeljko Reiner, Saeed Solgi, Amir Vahedian-azimi, Parisa Kianpour, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
pcsk9
icu
sepsis
antibiotic resistance
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/8/10/1742

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