Predicting infectious etiology and severity in hospitalized pediatric pneumonia using blood cytokine biomarkers
This study highlights the heterogeneity of immune responses to severe pneumonia and provides new groupings of cytokines which may distinguish between viral and non-viral pneumonia.
Authors
- Robert N. Abood
- Jason E. Shoemaker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3315-7103)
- Alexis M. Duray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1658-3701)
- Marian G. Michaels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2556-0544)
- John F. Alcorn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5997-7711)
- Sophia Kainaroi
- Benjamin Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7213-5631)
- Samar Musa
Institutions
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2025.1693879
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Pittsburgh
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh