| Literature DB >> 3881478 |
W A Vel, F Namavar, A M Verweij-van Vught, A N Pubben, D M MacLaren.
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The inhibitory effect of Bacteroides fragilis on the in vitro killing of Escherichia coli by polymorphonuclear leucocytes was studied with two pairs of E coli and B fragilis isolated from human wound infections. Both B fragilis strains behaved similarly: they inhibited the killing of one E coli strain, while the killing of the other E coli strain was not affected. The different behaviour of the two E coli strains depended on their need for fresh serum in the killing by the polymorphonuclear leucocytes. The inhibitory effect of the B fragilis strains could be completely accounted for by their effect on complement.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3881478 PMCID: PMC499078 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.38.1.86
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Pathol ISSN: 0021-9746 Impact factor: 3.411