Changes in the properties of plasma fibronectin in Shigella-induced endotoxaemia and the responses to hyperbaric oxygenation and indomethacin.

In rabbits, Shigella endotoxin causes hypoxaemia, metabolic acidosis, and hypocapnia. These changes are more marked at a dose of 1 mg kg-1 than with one of 0.5 mg kg-1 body weight.