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Phenotypic modulation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected neutrophil during tuberculosis.
The Indian journal of medical research - 1 Aug 2009
Pokkali Supriya, Rajavelu Priya, Sudhakar R, Das Sulochana D
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) or neutrophils infiltrate to the inflammatory sites and phagocytose mycobacteria thereby inhibiting the bacillary spread initially until the accumulated macrophages get activated. The present study was carried out to highlight the interaction of neutrophils with the two clinical isolates (S7 and S10) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the subsequent...
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