Endotoxemia: Methods of detection and clinical correlates

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 268-292

  Hurley, James C ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENDOTOXIN; LIPID A; POLYMYXIN;

BIOASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BURN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; LIVER DISEASE; NEUTROPENIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THROMBOCYTE; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LIMULUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0028950759     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.8.2.268-292.1995     Document Type: Review

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