The Importance of Fever as a Predictive Symptom for the Potency of Host's Monocytes to Release Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Mediators
Figure 2
Effect of serum on ex vivo release of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF), IL-6, IL-10, and
malondialdehyde (MDA) by monocytes of 51 patients with septic syndrome.
Patients were divided into three groups depending of the time lapsing between
blood sampling and advent of fever: group A: <12 hours, group B: 12–24
hours, and group C: >24 hours. Circles denote extremes.
