RT Book, Section
A1 Madoff, Lawrence C.
A1 Pereyra, Florencia
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1141407031
T1 INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS OF BURNS
T2 Harrison's Infectious Diseases, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835971
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141407031
RD 2024/10/10
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.