Table 2.

Neutrophil and monocyte ROS generation in septic patients (n = 41) and controls (n = 17) constitutively and after PMA, fMLP, LPS and S. aureus stimulation. Values are expressed in median and ranges of GMFI. p < 0.01 comparing patients and controls in all tested conditions.

	Neutrophil		Monocyte
	Patients	Controls	Patients	Controls
Baseline	55.9 (17 to 167.9)	14.9 (8 to 77)	32.6 (11.7 to 130.5)	8.3 (3.7 to 32.1)
PMA	59.6 (31.7 to 1,630.1)	28.5 (11.2 to 487.4)	44.3 (3.4 to 375.9)	14.5 (5.7 to 63)
fMLP	102.6 (19.5 to 584.3)	10.5 (1.8 to 142)	15.6 (1.3 to 183.4)	5.4 (1.5 to 51.9)
LPS	103.9 (46.2 to 343.5)	18.6 (1.8 to 63.3)	41.2 (1.5 to 116.6)	8.6 (1.4 to 25)
S. aureus	419.2 (93.3 to 1,356.2)	48.1 (24.9 to 155)	79.4 (26.4 to 322.9)	15.4 (9.7 to 31.4)