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STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF EXPERIMENTAL NONKETOTIC DIABETES MELLITUS ON ANTIBACTERIAL DEFENSE : I. DEMONSTRATION OF A DEFECT IN PHAGOCYTOSIS

Chronically diabetic nonketotic rats were shown to be more susceptible to experimental Type 25 pneumococcal pneumonia than nondiabetic rats. The cumulative mortality in the diabetic group was significantly higher at infecting doses of 10(3), 10(4), 10(5), and 10(6) organisms, and the LD (50) was les...

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Autores principales: Drachman, Robert H., Root, Richard K., Wood, W. Barry
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1966
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2180468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4380670