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Another five patients in the possible sepsis group had hypotension with a clinical diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; however, the lack of positive cultures, or any other evidence of infection, suggest that decompensated liver disease may have played a significant role in their hypotension.
The sources of bacteremia were identified in 52 patients (59%) and included pneumonia in 33, urinary tract infection in 12, peritonitis in 2, and cellulitis, pancreatitis, central venous catheter, cholangitis, and arthritis in 1 each.
Plasma TxB 2 levels were also reduced by introducing ibuprofen into the faecal peritonitis rat model used by Wise et al.
In order to investigate whether serum ProCT levels might correlate with the severity of illness in sepsis, and thus might provide a convenient marker, we employed a rodent model of quantifiable Escherichia coli peritonitis, modified for use in the hamster [ 18].