Assessment of Neutrophil Function in Patients with Septic Shock: Comparison of Methods

AUTOR(ES)

Wenisch, C.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

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.

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