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Table 5 Endotoxin levels in patients with infections other than bacteraemia or pneumonia

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

Patient number

Site of infection

Gram positive

Gram negative

EAA (pg/ml)

LAL (pg/ml)

002

Intra-abdominal abcess drain

 

GNB (nonspecified)

800

90

007

Urine

 

Citrobacter freundii

380

160

039

Intra-abdominal abcess drain

 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

240

150

074

Rectal swab

VRE

 

10

315

  1. EAA, endotoxin activity assay; GNB, Gram-negative bacilli; LAL, limulus amoebocyte lysate; VRE, vancomycin-resistant enterococcus.