International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Nov 2021)

Diagnostic Challenge and Therapeutic Approaches in Human Sepsis Based on the Appearance of Endotoxemia and Beta-<span style="font-variant: small-caps">d</span>-Glucanemia

  • Hiroshi Tamura,
  • Yoshiyuki Adachi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222312900
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 23
p. 12900

Abstract

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Circulating endotoxin, also called lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and (1→3)-β-d-Glucan (β-d-glucan), major constituents of bacterial and fungal cell walls, respectively, are determined as biomarkers for Gram-negative sepsis and invasive fungal diseases [...]

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