HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Biberfeld, G. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Biberfeld, G.

Macrophage migration inhibition in response to experimental mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in the hamster¹

From the National Bacteriological Laboratory and Department of Immunology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

The migration of peritoneal exudate cells collected from hamsters experimentally infected with M. pneumoniae was inhibited in the presence of M. pneumoniae antigen. Migration inhibition was demonstrable 1 week after intranasal inoculation of the hamsters with M. pneumoniae organisms and reached a peak 2 to 3 weeks after inoculation. The migration inhibition test became positive before specific CF antibodies had appeared.

Footnotes

¹ This work was supported by grants from the Swedish Medical Research Council (Project 16X-2380) and the Swedish National Association against Heart and Chest Diseases.

² Address correspondence to: Dr. Gunnel Biberfeld, The Stockholm county council central microbiological laboratory, Box 177, 101 22 Stockholm 1 Sweden.