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Letters and Corrections1 December 1979Intravascular Coagulation, Ascitic Fluid Infusion, and EndotoxinDONATO FUMAROLA, M.D.DONATO FUMAROLA, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-91-6-929_1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: We agree with the statement of Viallet and Villeneuve (1) about a close connection between intravascular coagulation and ascitic fluid infusion. We would like to indicate a possible pathogenetic mechanism for these disorders. Recent investigations have demonstrated that ascitic fluid can contain variable amounts of endotoxin, detected by the Limulus assay (GOLDBERGPK, KOZINNPJ, GROSSBERGSJ, WAPNICKS, LUPOVICIM. Increased endotoxemia following the LeVeen peritoneovenous shunt. 78th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Las Vegas, 14-19 May 1978. Abstract ct B 56). Because ascitic fluid exhibits procoagulant properties (PHILLIPSLL, RODGERSJB. Procoagulant...
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