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Prevention of Infection With Endogenous Organisms

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Treatment of Radiation Injuries

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Infection is a major cause of organ failure and death in patients after radiation injury. Because most infections result from invasion by endogenous organisms from the gut and respiratory tract, in this chapter I discuss state-of-the-art methods for minimizing infections from these two sites.

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Zaloga, G.P. (1990). Prevention of Infection With Endogenous Organisms. In: Browne, D., Weiss, J.F., MacVittie, T.J., Pillai, M.V. (eds) Treatment of Radiation Injuries. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0864-3_13

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