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Modification in the enzymatic complement and lipogenic functions of rat liver endoplasmic reticulum (ER) were shown to occur during pneumococcal sepsis. Glucose-6-phosphatase, 5'nucleotidase, esterase, and NADPH cytochrome C reductase decreased in activity by as much as 50% with respect to controls. Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA and NADH cytochrome C reductases were increased 6-and 2-fold, respectively. Alkaline phosphatase and inosine-5'-diphosphatase did not differ with respect to fasted controls. The lipogenic capacity of the ER was shown to be enhanced. In vitro [14C]acetate incorporation into cholesterol and other lipids by hepatocytes isolated from infected rats was increased 2-to 10-fold. It is concluded that the flow of acetyl-CoA in liver cell of Streptococcus pneumoniae-infected rats is toward lipogenesis rather than ketogenesis.
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PMID:Effects of pneumococcal infection on rat liver microsomal enzymes and lipogenesis by isolated hepatocytes. 1 31

Widespread intravascular coagulation is common in patients with sepsis. Coagulation abnormalities may result from exposure to endotoxin, from tumor necrosis factor alpha or interleukin 1 release, or from the actions of a more specific mediator, such as vascular permeability factor. The result is marked activation of the contact and coagulation systems; simultaneously, there is decreased fibrinolysis and depressed levels of the inhibitors of the contact and coagulation systems. Multiple agents are being studied to correct these abnormalities. Antithrombin III holds promise because it inhibits a number of factors important in contact and coagulation activation, not just thrombin. Plasminogen activators may prove helpful in increasing fibrinolysis during sepsis; because they have been associated with rebound thrombin generation, however, plasminogen activators may be most effective if used in conjunction with hirudin or a synthetic hirudin analogue. Bradykinin may offset hypotension in sepsis. Protein C may inhibit thrombin formation and also complex with plasminogen activator inhibitor 1, thereby promoting fibrinolysis. Other agents that may prove effective include alpha 1-antitrypsin Pittsburgh, C1-esterase inhibitor, monoclonal antibodies to contact factors, soybean trypsin inhibitors, thrombomodulin, prostaglandin I2, and aprotinin. There are no data to support the use of heparin or fibronectin, except in limited circumstances.
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PMID:Modulators of coagulation. A critical appraisal of their role in sepsis. 162 18

Combined analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphism of regions of genes coding for rRNA (ribotyping) and esterase electrophoretic typing was used to document neonatal acquisition of Escherichia coli in twins. Our study shows vertical mother-to-infant transmission of one strain of E. coli to one twin and the development of neonatal septicemia with a distinct nonvirulent carboxylesterase type B1 E. coli strain for the other twin.
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PMID:Molecular epidemiology unravels the complexity of neonatal Escherichia coli acquisition in twins. 162 51

A 64-year-old male was admitted in September 1989 with complaints of fever and muscular weakness in the extremities. A peripheral blood examination on admission revealed WBC 10,300/microliters (monocytes 32%), RBC 195 x 10(4)/microliters, Hb 7.9 g/dl, Plt 12.8 x 10(4)/microliters with trilineage dysplasia. Bone marrow biopsy was normoplastic marrow with 25.7% of monocytes including immature blasts. Cytochemical analysis of the monocytes showed positive for peroxidase and dual esterase staining. Chromosomal analysis of peripheral blood revealed 46, XY, -7, +der(1) t(1;7)(p11;p11). A diagnosis of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia was made. Hemostatic studies revealed cryofibrinogenemia, marked platelet aggregation on blood smear, hyperfibrinogenemia and a marked increase in maximal amplitude of thrombelastogram. Treatment with prednisolone and VP16, resulted in a reduction of peripheral monocytes and a disappearance of cryofibrinogen, marked platelet aggregation and a decrease in muscular weakness. Nine months after diagnosis he died of DIC, pneumonia, lung abscess and sepsis.
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PMID:[Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia associated with translocation 1;7, marked platelet aggregation and cryofibrinogenemia: a case report]. 163 20

In summarizing the published data on the use of amniocentesis and fetal biophysical assessment in managing patients with PROM the following conclusions may be drawn: 1. Both amniocentesis and fetal biophysical assessment are reasonably good methods to predict the fetus who is doing well and could therefore safely remain in utero, as well as the fetus who is at high risk for developing sepsis and therefore in need of delivery. 2. Consideration of routine transabdominal amniocentesis for Gram stain and cultures in patients with PROM is reasonable. Measurements of glucose levels, esterase activity, or cytokines are only investigational, and their use in patient management cannot be advocated at this time. 3. Although there are no prospective controlled randomized trials to prove improved pregnancy outcome by the use of either amniocentesis or frequent biophysical assessment, nonrandomized comparative trials as well as trials using historic controls suggest that the use of either or both techniques in combination may be beneficial in managing PROM.
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PMID:Tests of fetal well-being in premature rupture of membranes. 163 Jul 38

A 52-year-old Japanese man manifested various clinical signs and symptoms such as vomiting, high fever, dyspnea, cough, sweating, palpitation, eosinophilic leukocytosis and hepatosplenomegaly. These histamine-related clinical manifestations showed a dramatic response to steroid therapy. After 10 months of hospitalization, he suddenly succumbed to candidal septicemia at the end of the third cycle of steroid therapy. Autopsy revealed neoplastic proliferation of immature basophils in various internal organs without involvement of the skin. The neoplastic cells, positive immunohistochemically for leukocyte common antigen, possessed lobulated nuclei and weakly metachromatic cytoplasmic granules, predominantly of the basophil type, which exhibited weak naphthol ASD-chloroacetate esterase activity. Mast cell-type granules were also observed ultrastructurally. The neoplastic infiltration was associated with fibrosis in the liver, spleen and bone marrow and with extramedullary hematopoiesis in the liver, spleen, lymph nodes and perihypophyseal tissue. The bone marrow showed uneven and multifocal involvement. Despite the lack of leukemic manifestations and the results of chromosomal analysis, the most suitable diagnosis was aleukemic basophilic leukemia within the category of chronic myeloproliferative disorder. Kinship of this neoplasia to systemic mastocytosis is discussed.
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PMID:An unusual form of chronic myeloproliferative disorder. Aleukemic basophilic leukemia. 203 58

Flow cytometric parameters of neutrophil function, such as phagocytosis and degradation of Escherichia coli, intracellular pH value, esterase activity, and cell volume, were evaluated as risk indicators for sepsis- and trauma-related pulmonary and cardiovascular organ failure in intensive care patients. Serial blood samples (n = 201) were obtained from 47 prospectively identified patients. Each patient's condition was classified daily within four categories: post-traumatic (n = 22) or septic (n = 28) organ failure, transition state (n = 119), and stable organ function after recovery (n = 27). Thirty-two parameters of neutrophil function were automatically calculated for each blood sample from several flow cytometric list mode measurements of cell samples vitally stained with acridine orange for intact and denatured DNA or with 1,4-diacetoxy-2,3-dicyanobenzene for intracellular pH and esterase activity. The DNA of dead cells was simultaneously counterstained with propidium iodide. The cell biochemical parameter pattern was significantly different among samples of patients from the four clinical categories (p less than 0.05). Hyperergic phagocytosis was observed after trauma, in contrast to hypoergic phagocytosis, increased neutrophil cell volume, and elevated intracellular pH during sepsis. The clinical categories were correctly identified in 82% of the samples by automated classification with the DIAGNOS1/SPSS program system from the flow cytometrically determined cell functions. The course of the disease was correctly predicted 3 days in advance to the clinical manifestation of pulmonary or cardiovascular organ failure in 92% of the samples. The multifunctional analysis of neutrophils by flow cytometry seems of interest for early medical intervention in preseptic and preshock patients.
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PMID:Flow cytometric parameters of neutrophil function as early indicators of sepsis- or trauma-related pulmonary or cardiovascular organ failure. 210 66

On the model of musculocutaneous wound in rabbits, the effect of applicative sorption with the use of activated carbonic fibrous materials on the course of traumatic disease was studied. The total esterase activity of the blood serum, activity of alpha 1-inhibitor of proteinases, kallikrein content in the blood serum were defined. It is shown, that changes in biochemical indices are in agreement with the findings of clinical observations and outcome of traumatic disease. The use of activated carbonic fibrous material at the early period of traumatic disease contributes to its favourable course, prevents the development of complications and death of the animals from sepsis.
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PMID:[Effect of applicative-sorptive therapy on the activity of various enzymes and inhibitors of the kallikrein-kinin system in traumatic disease]. 278 68

Chronic sepsis was induced by administering endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide--LPS) at 12-hr intervals to sheep. The animals (n = 7) responded to the first dose of LPS with increased pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP), systemic vascular resistance, plasma and lymph thromboxane B2 (TxB2) concentrations, and lung lymph flow rate concurrent with a reduction in the cardiac index (CI). Subsequent doses of LPS produced an elevation of PAP and TxB2 which was progressively attenuated and eventually disappeared. With LPS the lung lymph flow was markedly elevated and CI increased. This latter was transient and associated with a reduction in systemic vascular resistance. Concomitant with the cardiopulmonary changes prekallikrein levels were not diminished, but there was a statistically significant reduction in C1-esterase inhibitor. The administration of LPS was discontinued after 5 days and the cardiopulmonary variables rapidly returned to baseline levels. Chronic endotoxemia appears to be associated with an elevated pulmonary microvascular permeability and a tendency toward a hyperdynamic circulation but with an appreciable degree of refractoriness associated with regional hemodynamics and eicosanoid biosynthesis.
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PMID:Cardiopulmonary changes with intermittent endotoxin administration in sheep. 329 76

Alterations of the kallikrein-kinin system consistent with activation and increased consumption have been reported in septic patients and it has been suggested that this activation could contribute to the development of septic shock. The aim of this work was to confirm these alterations in septic patients and to investigate the possible existence of similar changes in subjects developing cardiogenic shock secondary to myocardial infarction as a model of non septic shock. Patients with septic shock, especially in fatal cases, showed a highly significant decrease in levels of factor XII, prekallikrein, high molecular weight kininogen (HMW-kininogen), alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2-M) and antithrombin III (AT-III). C1-esterase inhibitor (C1-INH) activity was increased in uncomplicated sepsis but came back to normal or was slightly decreased in septic shock. Components and inhibitors of the kallikrein-kinin system were within normal limits in patients with cardiogenic shock. Our findings support the idea of a contribution of the kallikrein-kinin system to the development of septic shock though this system does not seem to play a significant role in the pathogenesis of cardiogenic shock or seem to be altered as a consequence of it.
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PMID:Plasma kallikrein-kinin system in patients with uncomplicated sepsis and septic shock--comparison with cardiogenic shock. 367 21


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