As an assay for endotoxin, the Limulus amebocyte lysate assay has several desirable
properties: sensitivity, specificity, and potential for adaptation to a quantitative format …

A considerable body of evidence has accumulated that implicates endotoxin in the
pathogenesis of the sepsis syndrome. This has raised interest in the possibility of measuring …

Background Lipopolysaccharide (endotoxin) from the cell wall of Gram-negative bacteria is
a potent trigger for the release of host-derived inflammatory mediators. The relationship …

Quantitation of plasma lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) might be used to document Gram-
negative bacterial infection. In the present work, LPS-derived 3-hydroxymyristate was …

Accumulating evidence strongly suggests that ventilatory strategy has an important impact
on development of lung injury and patient outcome. Adverse ventilatory strategies have …

In Staphylococcus aureus, 19 different superantigens (SAgs) have been described. Their
genes are all located on mobile genetic elements, such as pathogenicity islands, plasmids …

Introduction This clinical study was conducted to correlate the levels of endotoxins and
bacterial counts found in primary endodontic infection with the volume of periapical bone …

Background Cardiopulmonary bypass predisposes the splanchnic region to inadequate
perfusion and increases in gut permeability. Related to these changes, circulating endotoxin …

Aims: Effects of a new endotoxin adsorber on the length of noradrenaline (NA) treatment,
LPS (lipopolysaccharide) levels and SOFA (sequential organ failure assessment) scores in …

We prospectively examined 464 febrile patients (median age, 61 years) for predictors of in-
hospital death, by use of univariate and multivariate logistic regression using clinical data …