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T Cells Capture Bacteria by Transinfection from Dendritic Cells
Published on: January 13, 2016
[Liberation of the T-antigen in bacteremia]
1Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Krankenhaushygiene mit Blutdepot, Städtisches Krankenhaus München-Schwabing, BRD.
Abstract:
Many microorganisms are able to produce neuraminidase, which can uncover the T antigen on red blood cells and cause hemolysis. We studied T activation in 224 patients with positive blood cultures. Only those patients were included who had real bacteremia according to clinical parameters and microbiological results. None of our patients showed T transformation. We conclude that T activation is a rare or a very passing phenomenon which has less importance in routine diagnosis of sepsis.
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