Affiliation:
1. From the Departments of Medicine and Bacteriology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and the Clinic of Strong Memorial and Rochester Municipal Hospitals, Rochester, New York
Abstract
An enhanced bactericidal activity of human serum for B. subtilis develops during many different forms of illness, e.g. carcinoma, virus and bacterial infections, and during acute coronary occlusion.
This increased bactericidal effect cannot be related to leucocytosis, fever, serum complement, C-reactive protein, or a specific antibody reaction.
The serum bactericidal factor becomes inactive in decalcified serum, but active again when optimal concentrations of calcium are added. Magnesium does not cause reactivation.
Publisher
Rockefeller University Press
Subject
Immunology,Immunology and Allergy
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