Erschienen in:
01.08.2010 | Letter
Understanding immune dysfunctions in sepsis patients
verfasst von:
Eduardo López-Collazo, Vanesa Gómez-Piña, Francisco Arnalich
Erschienen in:
Critical Care
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Ausgabe 4/2010
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Excerpt
We read with interest the article by Gogos and colleagues in a previous issue of
Critical Care reporting that there are major differences in the early status of the innate and adaptative immune responses between sepsis and severe sepsis/shock in relation to the underlying type of infection [
1]. In patients with acute pyelonephritis and intraabdominal infection, expression of HLA-DR on monocytes was significantly decreased among patients with severe sepsis/shock compared with among patients only suffering sepsis. This difference was related to an unfavourable outcome in patients with acute pyelonephritis. …