Table 1.
Examples of clinical disorders associated with neutrophil-mediated tissue injury and organ dysfunction classified according to the predominant system involved.
Respiratory system | Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
Bronchiectasis | |
Cystic fibrosis | |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | |
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis | |
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis | |
Pulmonary vasculitides | |
Non-eosinophilic bronchial asthma | |
Goodpasture's syndrome | |
Wegener's granulomatosis | |
Silicosis | |
Cardiovascular system | Systemic inflammatory response and multi–organ dysfunction syndromes |
Immune complex-mediated vasculitides of infective and non-infective origin | |
Acute coronary syndromes | |
Ischaemia-reperfusion injury | |
Endocarditis | |
Genitourinary tract | Immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis of both infective and non-infective origin |
Pyelonephritis | |
Gastrointestinal tract | Inflammatory bowel disorders |
Chronic active gastritis | |
Musculo-skeletal system | Osteomyelitis |
Rheumatoid arthritis | |
Gout | |
Articular chrondrocalcinosis |