Oxidative stress in sepsis. Possible production of free radicals through an erythrocyte-mediated positive feedback mechanism

Background: Sepsis is an illness with a high morbidity for which no effective treatment exists. Its treatment has a high cost because it usually requires an intensive care unit and expensive antibiotics. The present study focus in the production of reactive oxygen species in the early stages of seps...

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Main Authors: Yanaihara Pinchemel Amorim de Oliveira, Lain Carlos Pontes-de-Carvalho, Ricardo David Couto, Alberto Augusto Noronha-Dutra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867016305645