Today, bacterial pyrogens \b)\ are recognized as the causative agent responsible for many of those early fevers and for many of the other biological effects described incidental to parenteral...

We review factors contributing to infections among hemodialysis patients and epidemiology of common infections and outbreaks, including bloodstream infections, vascular access …

A pyrogen is, by definition, a substance that produces a rise in temperature in a human or animal. Pyrogens are differentiated into exogenous and endogenous pyrogens: • Exogenous pyrogens …

Pyrogens: Foreign bodies or material in the body that cause an increase in body temperature. You might find these chapters and articles relevant to this topic. The term pyrogen is derived from …

Exogenous pyrogens initiate fever by inducing host cells (primarily macrophages) to produce and release endogenous pyrogens such as interleukin-1, which has multiple biological functions …

2018年12月1日 · LPS mediated pyrogenic reaction is the major complication assisted with fever, rigors, hypotension and vomiting in hemodialyzing patients. Endotoxin concentrations in …

It is characterized by a furious reaction due to pyrogens (agents that increase body temperature). It can be caused by contamination of the solution and materials used in procedures with …

2023年9月4日 · Milton and Wendlandt demonstrated that fever is mediated by the pyrogenic activity of prostaglandins (PGs), specifically PGE2. The synthesis of PGE2 begins with …

And in the seventeenth century the English physician Sydenham (1624-1689) described the reaction of the organism to pyrogenic substances: “Fever is a mighty engine, which nature …

The Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction After Antibiotic Treatment of Spirochetal Infections: A Review of Recent Cases and Our Understanding of Pathogenesis. Butler TAm J Trop Med Hyg 2017 Jan …