Killing of mycobacterium tuberculosis by neutrophils: A nonoxidative process

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 700-704

  Jones, Gerald S ^a   Amirault, Harold J ^a   Andersen, Burton R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATALASE; FREE RADICALS; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMAN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTROPHILS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0025118297     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/162.3.700     Document Type: Article

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