Numbers of neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes in the peritoneal cavity of cirrhotic rats with ascites with and without splanchnic sympathectomy (SE) after intraperitoneal E coli or S aureus challenge
| Cell subset | Cirrhosis (/nl) | Cirrhosis-SE (/nl) |
| E coli/S aureus | E coli/S aureus | |
| Neutrophils | 10.4±3.4/1.3±0.7† | 20.7±3.3*/1.3±0.2† |
| Monocytes | 6.7±0.5/1.9±0.9 | 11.0±1.5*/2.3±0.9 |
| Lymphocytes | 0.3±0.1/0.5±0.3 | 0.3±0.1/0.4±0.2 |