Is the limulus amebocyte lysate the sole predictor of septic episodes in major thermal injuries?

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 512-515

  Heggers, J P ^a   Goodheart, I L ^b   Carino, E ^b   McCoy, L ^a   Ramirez, R J ^b   Maness, C ^b  

^a Shriners Hospital for Children ^*

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CELL LYSATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFANT; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LIMULUS; MALE; MYCOSIS; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PREDICTION; SEPSIS; SEX RATIO; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 0031794017     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199811000-00009     Document Type: Article

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