Lecture Slide Set:
Gram Negative Sepsis


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Table of Contents

Introduction

Definitions

SIRS Consensus Terminology

Gram Negative Sepsis

More About Sepsis

Sepsis Statistics

More Sepsis Statistics

Evidence Based Medicine

Out of Balance

Primary Signs & Symptoms

Complications of Sepsis

Origins of the Concept of Endotoxin

A Comparison of Endotoxin and Exotoxin

Cell wall of G- organisms

ENDOTOXIN STRUCTURE: O Antigen

ENDOTOXIN STRUCTURE: Core

ENDOTOXIN STRUCTURE: Lipid A

LPS Pyrogenicity

Shock & Lethality Due to LPS Sepsis

LPS Sepsis Flowchart

Shwartzman Phenomenon

Humoral Mediator Systems

Cellular Mediators

Other Regulatory Problems

Treatment for Septic Shock

The Mononuclear Phagocyte System

Author:Mary T. Johnson, Ph.D.

Email: johnsomt@iupui.edu

Home Page: http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/micro/home.html
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