| Literature DB >> 11063510 |
N Reinisch1, C J Wiedermann, G Ricevuti.
Abstract
Ethanol inhibits the respiratory burst of neutrophils. Therefore, the effects of alcohol-based skin disinfection on oxygen metabolism in neutrophils were tested using 70% ethanol or an ethanol-isopropanol-n-propanol mixture. Neutrophil respiratory burst activity as assessed fluorometrically by oxidation of 2', 7'-dichlorofluorescein diacetate increased at 10 min after disinfection with 70% ethanol compared to the activity at 30 s. The increase was significant for triggering oxidative burst with formyl-peptide but not with phorbol myristate acetate.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11063510 PMCID: PMC95997 DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.7.6.980-982.2000
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Diagn Lab Immunol ISSN: 1071-412X