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Cytokine production precedes the expansion of CD14+CD16+ monocytes in human sepsis: a case report of a patient with self-induced septicemia.
Shock (Augusta, Ga.) - 1 Jul 1997
Blumenstein M, Boekstegers P, Fraunberger P, Andreesen R, Ziegler-Heitbrock H W, Fingerle-Rowson G
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We describe a patient with self-induced disease who presented with repeated urinary tract infection and sepsis due to intravesical and intravenous injection of feces. Sepsis occurred repeatedly such that the patient exhibited 10 bouts of fever > 40 degrees C in a single month. This bacterial challenge led to massive activation of the monocyte system with high levels of TNF-alpha, IL-6, and monocyte...
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