Increased mortality and altered local immune response in secondary peritonitis after previous visceral operations in mice

Abstract Postoperative peritonitis is characterized by a more severe clinical course than other forms of secondary peritonitis. The pathophysiological mechanisms behind this phenomenon are incompletely understood. This study used an innovative model to investigate these mechanisms, combining the mod...

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Main Authors: Jonas Menz, Laura Hundt, Tobias Schulze, Katrin Schmoeckel, Pia Menges, Grazyna Domanska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95592-5