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False-positive endotoxemia derives from gauze glucan after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma with cirrhosis.

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1997

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Akimasa Nakao, Masaya Yasui, Takatsugu Kawagoe, H. Tamura, Shunji TANAKA, Hideyasu Takagi
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Abstract

The cause of false-positive endotoxemia was determined to be caused by beta-glucan, which was released from the surgical gauze.