Opsonophagocytosis of Pneumocystis carinii
Open Access
- 1 April 1992
- journal article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 36 (4) , 223-228
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-36-4-223
Abstract
Summary The interaction of Pneumocystis carinii purified from rat lungs with rat peritoneal macrophages and human circulating polymorphonuclear leucocytes was studied by amplified chemiluminescence and examination of stained cytospin preparations. A polyclonal rat antiserum to P. carinii was opsonic with both types of phagocyte. Complement had no opsonic properties alone but produced a synergic effect in combination with antibody.Keywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: