RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Killing of Escherichia coli by human polymorphonuclear leucocytes in the presence of Bacteroides fragilis.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 86
OP 91
DO 10.1136/jcp.38.1.86
VO 38
IS 1
A1 W A Vel
A1 F Namavar
A1 A M Verweij-van Vught
A1 A N Pubben
A1 D M MacLaren
YR 1985
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/38/1/86.abstract
AB 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.