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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
The opsonic capacity of patient serum was studied in 43 trauma patients of whom 13 recovered uneventfully, 21 developed major infection, and nine died, mostly of infection. Blood samples were taken within 24 hours of injury. Fifteen patients were studied serially of whom 14 developed severe infection and/or died. Opsonic capacity was determined by flow cytometry and measured as the ability of normal neutrophils to phagocytose killed bacteria previously incubated with patient serum. The most dilute sera reflected changes for better and worse most clearly. On initial assessment, those who died of sepsis showed a 61% mean fluorescent intensity (MFI), which was significantly lower than the 99% MFI for those who survived infection (p less than 0.01) and the 78% MFI of those who developed no infection (p less than 0.05). Serial samples demonstrated a super serum response in four of seven patients surviving major sepsis but in none of the seven who died of infection.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0003-4932
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
207
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
686-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
The capacity of serum to support neutrophil phagocytosis is a vital host defense mechanism in severely injured patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Price Institute for Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky 40292.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article