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01.10.2010 | Letter

Direct antimicrobial activity of antithrombin?

verfasst von: Christian J Wiedermann, Angela Djanani

Erschienen in: Critical Care | Ausgabe 5/2010

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In a study by Hofstra and colleagues [1] in a recent issue of Critical Care, nebulization of drotrecogin-alfa (activated), antithrombin, heparin, or danaparoid attenuated pulmonary coagulopathy during Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia in rats; only antithrombin additionally exerted lung-protective effects and reduced bacterial outgrowth. Adding antithrombin to culture medium had no effect on the outgrowth of S. pneumoniae in vitro; thus, less neutralizing of endogenous antimicrobicidals by reduced bronchoalveolar fluid levels of inflammatory proteins could have permitted better endogenous microbicidal effects in the antithrombin group [1]. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Direct antimicrobial activity of antithrombin?
verfasst von
Christian J Wiedermann
Angela Djanani
Publikationsdatum
01.10.2010
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Critical Care / Ausgabe 5/2010
Elektronische ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9243

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