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Eisen, Damon P.;Cheng, Allen C.;McBryde, Emma S.
Emma McBryde
Abstract

[Extract] We write in response to a recent article by Till et al. in your journal [1], in which the authors conclude that a mannose-binding lectin (MBL) cut-off of 0.5 mcg/mL identifies MBL2 variant alleles with 100% sensitivity and 83% specificity and that MBL concentrations are increased significantly after esophagectomy. The correlation of MBL concentration with MBL2 structural variant alleles alone and the small sample size of this study (n = 20) are problematic.

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Surgical Infections

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8

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1557-8674

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2

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Mary Ann Liebert

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DOI

10.1089/sur.2006.093