Review Article
The Role of Mannose-Binding Lectin in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Table 1
MBL deficiency and susceptibility to diseases (human and animal studies).
| Bacterial infections | Viral infections | Parasitic infections | Fungal infections | Miscellaneous |
| (i) Streptococcus pneumoniae | (i) CMV | (i) Plasmodium falciparum | (i) Candida spp | (i) Recurrent respiratory infections | (ii) Neisseria meningitidis | (ii) Coronavirus | (ii) Cryptosporidium parvum | (ii) Aspergillus spp. | (ii) Chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia | (iii) Staphylococcus aureus | (iii) HIV | | | (iii) Systemic lupus erythematosus | (iv) Pseudomonas aeruginosa | (iv) HCV | | | (iv) Chronic renal failure | (v) Escherichia coli | (v) HBV | | | (v) Cystic fibrosis | (vi) Legionella spp. | (vi) HSV | | | |
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