Neutrophilic infiltration in lungs of mice with peritonitis in acid or basic medium.

Background: Bacterial peritonitis is associated with systemic complications such as pneumonia.

Objective: To determine in an experimental model of peritonitis whether the pH of peritoneal fluid infection influences the influx of neutrophils into the lung, and whether treatment outcome would be similar in peritonitis with liquid at any pH.

Materials And Methods: We studied 48 mice with peritonitis induced by cecal ligation and puncture.