Patient cytokine response in transfusion-associated sepsis.
Cytokine concentrations in plasma from patients transfused with packed erythrocytes contaminated with gram-negative bacilli were measured. Cytokine concentrations in posttransfusion plasma were significantly elevated. A difference in cytokine patterns between survivors and a nonsurvivor was observed.
McAllister
S K
SK
Hospital Infectious Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Bland
L A
LA
Arduino
M J
MJ
Aguero
S M
SM
Wenger
P N
PN
Jarvis
W R
WR
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood*; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D016207:Cytokines