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Low dose of the medicine intravenous immunoglobulin decreases the effect of dangerous toxins during severe infections
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Low dose of the medicine intravenous immunoglobulin decreases the effect of dangerous toxins during severe infections

by Emma Karlsso,  Karolinska Institutet During necrotizing soft tissue infections ordinary bacteria infect our body, spread rapidly and cause tissue death. Treatment with antibiotics is not sufficient and infected tissue needs to be removed through surgery. 22% of people who suffer from this disease need to amputate a limb and 18% do not survive. A common...