In vitro detection of Mycoplasma fermentans binding to B-lymphocytes in fresh peripheral blood using flow cytometry

Cytometry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 90-95

  Cheek, Robert F ^a   Olszak, Iwona ^a   Madoff, Sarabelle ^a   Preffer, Frederic I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

B cell hematopoietic malignancy; B cells; B cells in HTV + peripheral blood; Flow cytometry; Infectious disease; Mycoplasma fermentans binding; T cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD CELL; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD19; ANTIGENS, CD20; ANTIGENS, CD22; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, B-LYMPHOCYTE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; LECTINS; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030996828     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19970501)28:1<90::AID-CYTO11>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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