Fig. 1.

Immunohistochemical staining of epidermal growth factor (EGF) in skin on day 5 post wounding. Samples of septic patients (A) and healthy controls (B) are shown. Migrating wound edge epithelium stained stronger in patient than control samples. Staining intensity is reported as absent (‐), mild (+), moderate (++) or strong (+++), and the percentages are shown (C). The arrow indicates the wound. The bar at the bottom of the figure is equal to 100 µm. Statistical significances between study groups are indicated by brackets and significant p‐values (p < 0.05) are marked with an asterisk.