Our Fight

Support of the activities of the Hellenic Sepsis Study Group (HSSG)

The HSSG is a scientific collaboration running research in 65 study sites centers (31 Departments of Internal Medicine; 3 Departments of Pulmonary Medicine; 6 Departments of Surgery; 25 Intensive Care Units) in Greece and Cyprus through the collection of clinical information and biosamples of patients with severe infections. Until today clinical data and samples of DNA/RNA/serum from more than 5,500 patients have been collected and stored in the biobank of the HISS. The support provided by the HISS comprises courier services, central lab, monitoring, collection of data, analysis of data and drafting of manuscripts. The publications coming from this collaboration under the auspices of the HISS are listed below:

1.Poukoulidou T, Spyridaki A, Michailidou I, Kopterides P, Pistiki A, Alexiou Z, Chrisofos M, Dimopoulou I, Drimoussis P, Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ, Koutelidakis I, Marioli A, Mega A, Orfanos SE, Theodorakopoulou M, Tsironis C, Maggina N, Polychronopoulos V, Tsangaris I. TREM-1 expression on neutrophils and monocytes of septic patients: relation to the underlying infection and the implicated pathogen. BMC Infectious Diseases 2011; 11: 309

2. Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ, Norrby-Teglund A, Mylona V, Savva A, Tsangaris I, Dimopoulou I, Mouktaroudi M, Raftogannis M, Georgitsi M, Linnér A, Adamis G, Antonopoulou A, Apostolidou E, Chrisofos M, Katsenos C, Koutelidakis I, Kotzampassi K, Koratzanis G, Koupetori M, Kritselis I, Lymberopoulou K, Mandragos K, Marioli A, Sundén-Kullberg J, Mega A, Prekates A, Routsi C, Gogos C, Treutiger CJ, Armaganidis A, Dimopoulos G. Risk assessment in sepsis: a new prognostication score by APACHE II score and serum soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor. Critical Care 2012; 16: R149

3. Giannikopoulos G, Antonopoulou A Kalpakou G, Makaritsis K, Panou C, Papadomichelakis E, Sinapidis D, Theodotou A, Tzagkaraki A, Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ. The functional role of natural killer cells early in clinical sepsis. APMIS 2013; 121: 329-336