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  • Title: Thymostimulin prophylaxis of postoperative infections in anergic patients.
    Author: Farina EC, Garino M, Balbo G.
    Journal: Can J Surg; 1986 Nov; 29(6):445-6. PubMed ID: 3536050.
    Abstract:
    The rate of postoperative infections is significantly increased in anergic patients. The authors evaluated prospectively, in a controlled, randomized and stratified study, the efficiency of thymostimulin in reducing postoperative infections in 42 such patients. Excluded were those who were malnourished in whom preoperative alimentation corrected the anergy. The incidence of infections was significantly (p less than 0.05) reduced in thymostimulin-treated patients (4.8% versus 28.6%).
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