title: Assessment of neutrophil function in patients with septic shock: comparison of methods.
abstract: Patients with septic shock are shown to have decreased neutrophil phagocytic function by multiple assays, and their assessment by whole-blood assays (fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis) correlates with assays requiring isolated neutrophils (microscopic and spectrophotometric assays). For patients with similar underlying conditions but without septic shock, this correlation does not occur.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. christoph.wenisch@kfunigraz.ac.at
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wenisch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fladerer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patruta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hörl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*