Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-induced vascular leakage is associated with excessive production of nitric oxide and vascular endothelial growth factor

Table 1 (abstract P34)

	Sham group	Smoke group	PS group	MRSA group
Fluid net balance (ml/kg), 24 hours	-0.01 ± 6.0	12.7 ± 8.8	64.3 ± 14.8*^†	167.0 ± 7.0*^†#
Plasma nitrite/nitrate (μM), 24 hours	5.12 ± 0.7	4.85 ± 0.5	12.09 ± 0.7*^†	22.3 ± 3.4*^†#

Data expressed ± SEM.*P < 0.05 versus Sham group; ^†P < 0.05 versus Smoke group; ^#P < 0.05 versus PS group.

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