Measurement of endotoxin activity in critically ill patients using whole blood neutrophil dependent chemiluminescence

Table 4 Endotoxin levels in patients with pneumonia

Patient number	Gram positive	Gram negative	EAA (pg/ml)	LAL (pg/ml)
007	Staphylococcus aureus		380	330
010^*	Lactobacillus spp.	Enterobacter cloacae	330	60
020		Klebsiella pneumoniae	140	80
025	S. aureus		800	39
039^†		K. pneumoniae	240	150
042		Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	200	645
061	S. aureus		45	45
068		Sten. maltophilia	800	225

^*Patient also had yeast growing in the culture. ^†Patient also had an intra-abdominal infection. EAA, endotoxin activity assay; LAL, limulus amoebocyte lysate.

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