The Evolution of the Understanding of Sepsis, Infection, and the Host Response: A Brief History

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-27

  Opal, Steven M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History of medicine; Immunology; Infection; Microbiology; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; SEPSIS;

EID: 79751517276     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2010.12.001     Document Type: Review

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