Dr. Debra D Poutsiaka MD, PHD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
750 Washington St Tufts-New England Me Boston MA, 02111About
Dr. Debra Poutsiaka is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Poutsiaka specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Boston University School of Medicine 1986
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), IL-1 receptor antagonist, and TNF alpha production in whole blood.
- Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist circulates in experimental inflammation and in human disease.
- Effect of interleukin-1 (IL-1) blockade on cytokine synthesis: II. IL-1 receptor antagonist inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced cytokine synthesis by human monocytes.
- Production of interleukin-1-receptor antagonist during experimental endotoxaemia.
- Production of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and interleukin-1 beta by peripheral blood mononuclear cells is differentially regulated.
- Editorial commentary: the gut microbiota strikes again.
- Cross-linking of the beta-glucan receptor on human monocytes results in interleukin-1 receptor antagonist but not interleukin-1 production.
- Hematologic and immunomodulatory effects of an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist coinfusion during low-dose endotoxemia in healthy humans.
- Measuring circulating cytokines.
- Comparison of first use and reuse of cuprophan membranes on interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and interleukin-1 beta production by blood mononuclear cells.
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