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Review
. 2013 Sep 30:2013:961852.
doi: 10.1155/2013/961852. eCollection 2013.

Immune response in severe infection: could life-saving drugs be potentially harmful?

Maja Surbatovic  1 , Jasna Jevdjic, Milic Veljovic, Nada Popovic, Dragan Djordjevic, Sonja Radakovic
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Review

Immune response in severe infection: could life-saving drugs be potentially harmful?

Maja Surbatovic et al. ScientificWorldJournal. .

Abstract

Critically ill patients suffer a high rate of nosocomial infection with secondary sepsis being a common cause of death. Usage of antibiotics and catecholamines is often necessary, but it can compromise complex immune response to infection. This review explores influence of these life-saving drugs on host immune response to severe infection.

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