Change in TNF-? and IL-18 Levels in Serum of Rats with Acinetobacter baumannii Sepsis / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To study the change and significance of TNF-? and IL-18 in the Acinetobacter baumannii sepsis. METHODS Sixty male SD rats were divided into 6 groups. The first group was normal control group. The second to sixth groups were sepsis groups which were killed at 4h,16h,24h,48h,72h after injecting A. baumannii through intraperitoneal injection to make sepsis model. The level of TNF-? and IL-18 in the serum of rats was measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS The level of TNF-? in the serum increased markedly in the sepsis groups (P