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<microbiology> Condition of clinical shock caused by endotoxin in the blood.
A serious complication of severe burns and abdominal wounds, frequently fatal. Part of the problem seems to be due to increased leucocyte adhesiveness, which leads to massive sequestration of neutrophils in the lung, increased vascular permeability and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
(11 Jan 1998)
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