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Case Reports
. 1994 May;62(5):2126-8.
doi: 10.1128/iai.62.5.2126-2128.1994.

Patient cytokine response in transfusion-associated sepsis

S K McAllister  1 , L A Bland, M J Arduino, S M Aguero, P N Wenger, W R Jarvis
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Case Reports

Patient cytokine response in transfusion-associated sepsis

S K McAllister et al. Infect Immun. 1994 May.

Abstract

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.

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