... 1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey; 2. Microbiology Laboratory, Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey Corresponding author: ... MD., Konya Education and Research Hospital, Microbiology Laboratory, Meram Yeni Yol, 42090/ Konya /Turkey. E-mail: recepkesli@yahoo.com; Phone: +90 332 324 21 60; Fax: +90 332 324 21 60. © Ivyspring ... inflammatory state characterized by the release of both proinflammatory and antiinflammatory proteins. Proinflammatory cy-tokines induce not only a local inflammation at the site of injury, but...