CXCL8 and peritonitis: Dumitrascu and colleagues evaluated the prognostic utility of a panel of serum and peritoneal biomarkers, including presepsin, procalcitonin, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), HMGB-1, IL-6, IL-8, and IL-10 in 32 patients undergoing emergency surgery for secondary peritonitis due to intestine perforation, acute intestinal obstruction, anastomotic leakage, and ruptured abscesses.