Alcohol
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 199-208 , July 2004

Impaired intestinal immunity and barrier function: a cause for enhanced bacterial translocation in alcohol intoxication and burn injury

  • Mashkoor A. Choudhry

      Affiliations

    • Center for Surgical Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    • Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Surgical Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Volker Hall G 094, 1670 University Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. Tel.: +1-205-975-9712; fax: +1-205-9759715.
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  • Shadab N. Rana

      Affiliations

    • Center for Surgical Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    • ,
  • Michael J. Kavanaugh

      Affiliations

    • Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth J. Kovacs

      Affiliations

    • Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • Alcohol Research Program, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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  • Richard L. Gamelli

      Affiliations

    • Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • Alcohol Research Program, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • ,
  • Mohammed M. Sayeed

      Affiliations

    • Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • Alcohol Research Program, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA

Received 9 March 2004 ,Revised 12 May 2004 ,Accepted 19 May 2004.

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