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SUBMITTER: Yi J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4575624 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yi Jeniann J Slaughter Anne A Kotter Cassandra V CV Moore Ernest E EE Hauser Carl J CJ Itagaki Kiyoshi K Wohlauer Max M Frank Daniel N DN Silliman Christopher C Banerjee Anirban A Peltz Erik E
Shock (Augusta, Ga.) 20151001 4
Postinjury multiple organ failure results from an inappropriate overwhelming immune response to injury. During trauma and hemorrhagic shock (T/HS), mesenteric ischemia causes gut mucosal breakdown with disruption of the intestinal barrier. It has been proposed that this releases the gut microbiota systemically via postshock mesenteric lymph (PSML), engendering infectious complications. Despite extensive investigation, no clear evidence has been presented for gut bacterial translocation after res ...[more]