THE SURVIVAL OF STAPHYLOCOCCI WITHIN HUMAN LEUKOCYTES

Abstract
In a study of the phagocytosis of staphylococci by human leukocytes it has been observed that strains of staphylococci producing human infection were phagocytized by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes in vitro under conditions in which virulent pneumococci, streptococci, or Klebsiella were rarely engulfed.