Patients with TBI with polytrauma showed a trend for higher BDG levels ( Supplemental Figure 13 A) and displayed differential correlations between BDG with neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and IL-8 compared with patients with isolated TBI ( Supplemental Figure 13 , B and C).
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Plasma 1,3-β-d-glucan levels predict adverse clinical outcomes in critical illness.
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The weak correlation of BDG with gut permeability, contrasted with the highly significant association with lung epithelial injury, represented an unexpected pattern of findings.