TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS OF BURNS A1 - Madoff, Lawrence C. A1 - Pereyra, Florencia A2 - Kasper, Dennis L. A2 - Fauci, Anthony S. PY - 2017 T2 - Harrison's Infectious Diseases, 3e AB - The skin is an essential component of immunity, protecting the host from potential pathogens in the environment. Breaches in this protective barrier thus represent a form of immunocompromise that predisposes the patient to infection. Thermal burns may cause massive destruction of the integument as well as derangements in humoral and cellular immunity, permitting the development of infection caused by environmental opportunists and components of the host’s skin flora. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/02 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141407031 ER -