Vitamin D, innate immunity and outcomes in community acquired pneumonia
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Export citationLeow, L., Simpson, T., Cursons, R.T., Karalus, N. & Hancox, R.J. (2011). Vitamin D, innate immunity and outcomes in community acquired pneumonia. Respirology, 16(4), 611-616.
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Abstract
We investigated the associations between vitamin D status, the antimicrobial peptides cathelicidin and beta defensin-2 and outcomes in community acquired pneumonia. In hospitalised patients with community acquired pneumonia, vitamin D deficiency but not antimicrobial peptide levels were associated with increased 30-day mortality. Vitamin D was not associated with levels of the antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin or beta defensin-2.
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Wiley-Blackwell
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This is an author's version of an article published in the journal: Respirology. The definitive version is available at www.interscience.wiley.com.