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Abstract
The levels of association between Neisseria gonorrhoeae and neutrophils as determined by microscopic study of smears of urethral exudate from men with acute gonorrhea and by in vitro assay of N. gonorrhoeae cultivated from those same individuals showed statistically significant correlation. The percentage of N. gonorrhoeae attached to or ingested by neutrophils varied from 30% to 90% in the clinical smears. Neither the apparent in vivo nor the in vitro association with neutrophils could be correlated with piliation of the N. gonorrhoeae studied.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 415093 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/137.1.38
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226