Impaired alveolar macrophage function in
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J. P. Herlihy; M. W. Vermeulen; P. M. Joseph; C. A. Hales
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Article
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1995
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The high incidence of both bacterial pneumonia and the adult respiratory disttess syndrome (ARDS) associated with smoke inhalation injury (SII) may result, at least in part, from smoke-induced injury to the alveolar macrophage (AM). Specifically, we hypothesized that AM antimicrobial function, abili