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The link between AIDS and endotoxemia
AIDS may be caused by uncontrolled endotoxemia and can lead to multi-organ failure and wasting./nEndotoxin injections in animal models can cause rapid wasting and loss of appetite due to systemic inflammation./nElevated cortisol and various inflammatory biomarkers contribute to tissue degradation in endotoxemia./nDistinguishing between advanced cachexia in cancer patients and endotoxemia in AIDS patients is difficult./nGreat Plains may offer an endotoxin blood test, but it is not widely available./nThe endotoxin test is likely expensive and the stability of endotoxin can be an issue./nRequesting the whole blood serotonin test is necessary for reliability, and the sample must be frozen and kept on dry ice during transport.