Suppressed in vitro chemotaxis of burn neutrophils.
A comparison of the chemotactic response of peripheral blood neutrophils between burn patients and control individuals was performed. Beginning approximately 5 days postburn a decreased chemotactic response of neutrophils from burned patients was noted. The most severely reduced chemotaxis was noted in the burn patients who died. No evidence of a burn serum factor which inhibited the chemotactic response of control neutrophils was found in this study.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology*