Treatment of protein malnourished bacterially infected humans with LEM

摘要

Exogenous LEM (Leukocyte Endogenous Mediator, also referred to as endogenous pyrogen) is parenterally administered to humans who are protein malnourished and are infected with bacteria, in order to preinitiate and then maintain the normal metabolic responses to the tissue damage occurring during infection, and thereby promote the normal metabolic response by the human.