Host factors predisposing to anaerobic infections
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Host factors predisposing to anaerobic infections.
Anaerobic bacterial infections of man are typically associated with locally comprised tissues and commonly also with a systemically compromised host. Thus, any condition that interferes with the systemic defence mechanisms of the host and thus predisposes to infection in general, increases the incidence of anaerobic infections also. It is generally true to say that anaerobic infections occur se...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0928-8244
DOI: 10.1016/0928-8244(93)90085-i