The effects of some antibiotics and lipopolysaccharide on oxidative burst and phagocytosis of neutrophils

The determination of phagocytosis (P) and oxidative burst (OB) in unfractionated blood is a rapid and sensitive flow cytometric method for quantifying neutrophil activation, and was modified for single laser systems by using propidium iodide labeled Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) as a quantitative...

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Main Author: Böhmer, Reinhard Hansi
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24957