Infection, the Gut and the Development of the Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 259-273

  Nieuwenhuijzen, Grard A P ^a,c   Deitch, Edwin A ^b   Goris, R Jan A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c St Elisabeth Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial translocation animal models; Bacterial translocation human data; ICU; Infection; MODS; Nosocomial infection; Respiratory tract infection; Review; SDD; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 0029969643     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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