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In the last 15 years a number of studies have demonstrated that patients exhibiting preoperative disturbances of delayed hypersensitivity response are at increased risk for developing major septic complications during the postoperative period [1–11].
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Cainzos, M., Alcalde, J.A., Bustamante, M., Potel, J., Puente, J.L. (1995). Anergy and Postoperative Septic Complications. In: Engemann, R., Holzheimer, R., Thiede, A. (eds) Immunology and Its Impact on Infections in Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79079-9_25
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