Altered Gut Flora and Environment in Patients with Severe SIRS

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BACKGROUND: The gut is considered an important target organ of injury after severe insult such as sepsis, trauma, and shock. The impact of bacterial translocation or mesenteric lymph on systemic inflammatory response and multiple organ damage has been investigated in animals, but dynamic changes in the gut flora and environment have not been fully clarified in critically ill patients. In the present study, we...

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