• TheScientificWorldJournal · Jan 2013

    Review

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

    • Maja Surbatovic, Jasna Jevdjic, Milic Veljovic, Nada Popovic, Dragan Djordjevic, and Sonja Radakovic.
    • Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Military Medical Academy, Crnotravska 17, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia ; Faculty of Medicine of the Military Medical Academy, University of Defense, Crnotravska 17, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
    • ScientificWorldJournal. 2013 Jan 1; 2013: 961852.

    AbstractCritically 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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