Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia: bone marrow release and pulmonary sequestration of neutrophils

• Published in: Critical care medicine Vol. 26; no. 3; p. 501
• Main Authors: Sato, Y, van Eeden, S F, English, D, Hogg, J C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.1998
• Subjects: Animals; Bacteremia - blood; Bacteremia - complications; Bacteremia - pathology; Bone Marrow - pathology; Bromodeoxyuridine; Cell Division; Female; Leukocyte Count; Lung - pathology; Neutropenia - complications; Neutrophils - pathology; Pneumonia - blood; Pneumonia - pathology; Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - blood; Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - complications; Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - pathology; Rabbits

Neutrophils have been implicated in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury in bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia. The characteristics of the population of neutrophils that injure the lung are still not known. This study was designed to compare the bone marrow release and lung sequestration of neutroph...