METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF SEPSIS.

摘要

A method for preventing or treating sepsis by administering in conjunction a sepsis preventing or treating amount of one or more complement inhibitors and a sepsis preventing or treating amount of one or more CD14 pathway inhibitors to a patient. The complement inhibitors are preferably antibodies that bind to and inhibit complement proteins such as C5a and the CD14 pathway inhibitors are preferably antibodies that bind to and inhibit CD14 pathway components such as CD14 and LPS.