Article
Characterization of inhibition of Mycobacterium avium replication in macrophages by normal human serum.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 1992
Douvas G S, May M H, Ross E, Crowle A J
Abstract excerpt
Serum from some AIDS patients permits the rapid multiplication of Mycobacterium avium in cultured human macrophages. Serum from human immunodeficiency virus-negative individuals inhibits replication. The characteristics of the serum-induced inhibition were examined here. M. avium 7497 serovar 4 grew exponentially in macrophages when they were cultured in serumless medium. Growth was measured by determining the...
Topics
- Blood Physiological Phenomena
- Cells, Cultured
- Hot Temperature
- Humans
- Macrophages
- Mycobacterium avium
- Phenotype