Synergistic septicemic action of the Gram-positive bacterial cell wall components peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid in the pig in vivo

Shock

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 297-306

  Middelveld, Roelinde J M ^a   Alving, Kjell ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gram positive bacteria; Hypodynamic shock; Interleukin 8; Metyrapone; Nitric oxide; Swine; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTOXIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; METYRAPONE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEICHOIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SWINE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; METYRAPONE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SWINE; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033649697     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024382-200004000-00008     Document Type: Article

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