Figure 4. Peritoneal bacteria in mice after sepsis.

Mice were stratified into High PEK or Low PEK based on the PEK assay of the naïve plasma. CLP were performed on these mice and the peritoneal lavage at 24 hour post CLP was harvested. Mice with low PEK (PEK <14) value had greater bacterial counts compared to those with high PEK (PEK >16). n= 9 and 7 for High PEK and Low PEK respectively and are the same mice used in figure 3D. p<0.05 when compared to High PEK.