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  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141407031
ER  -