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 infectionsViral infectionsParasitic infectionsFungal infectionsMiscellaneous

(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