International Journal of Infectious Diseases2014Open Access

Thymosin alpha1 based immunomodulatory therapy for sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Congcong Li, Liyan Bo, Qingqing Liu et al.

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Abstract

Tα1 based immunomodulatory therapy was associated with a lower mortality in septic patients. Nevertheless, these findings should be interpreted cautiously because of the poor quality and small number of participants of the included trials. More well-designed worldwide multicenter clinical trials are needed to provide a conclusive guideline for clinical practice.

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DOI10.1016/j.ijid.2014.12.032
JournalInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases
Year2014
AuthorsCongcong Li, Liyan Bo, Qingqing Liu, Faguang Jin
LicenseOpen Access — see publisher for license terms
Citations43