Phagocytic and serum killing of capsulate and non-capsulate Bacteroides fragilis
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 17 (3) , 247-258
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-17-3-247
Abstract
SUMMARY. The relative susceptibilities of capsulate and non-capsulate variants of Bacteroides fragilis to serum and phagocytic killing were investigated. The capsule of B. fragilis did not confer resistance to serum killing. Phagocytic killing of non-capsulate B. fragilis occurred at bacterial concentrations of 1 x 106 and 1 x 107 cfu/ml. Capsulate B. fragilis organisms were also phagocytosed and killed at a concentration of 1 x 106 cfu/ml, but phagocytosis and killing were impaired at a concentration of 1 x 107 cfu/ml.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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