Articles | Volume 4, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.35424
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Original full-length article
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07 Nov 2019
Original full-length article |
| 07 Nov 2019
| 07 Nov 2019
Humoral Factors From Musculoskeletal Polytrauma Patients Impair Antibacterial Responses Of Neutrophils In vitro
Keywords: polytrauma, neutrophil, antibacterial activity
Abstract. Polytrauma is associated with increased risk of sepsis, but the risk for implant infection is less clear. Neutrophil antibacterial responses are significantly reduced in polytrauma patients (n= 9, ISS≥15) for at least 5 days compared to healthy controls. Reduced neutrophil activity could influence implant infection in addition to sepsis.
