[Endotoxin in experimental mesenteric infarction].

Abstract

After ligation of the mesenteric arteries an intestinal ischaemia was obtained. Endotoxin was measured from the peritoneal cavity, the portal und the peripheral blood. The limulus test for Endotoxin was used after phenol-water-extraction of the plasma. Microbiological investigations were done simultaneously. The endotoxin concentrations correlated to the clinical state of gram negative sepsis.