The NBT test in burned patients.
The number of polymorphs which stained with the dye nitro-blue tetrazolium (NBT "Positive") increased sharply during the first week after burning, reaching levels 4--5 times above values for healthy volunteers. In burns of more than 20% of the body surface a second, smaller increase in the number of NBT "positives" occurred 4 to 6 weeks after burning. The high levels of NBT "positive" polymorphs occurred independently of infection on the burns. A burned patient who died from septicaemia had very low numbers of NBT "positive" polymorphs for 3 weeks before death.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002056:Burns / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils; D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000276:immunology; D013997:Time Factors
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium