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Pulmonary histiocytosis X cells phagocytize Staphylococcus aureus in vitro
1Department of Pneumology, University Hospital of Mainz, Germany.
Abstract:
The broncho-alveolar lavage from an 18-year-old girl with proven histiocytosis X of the lung has been cocultivated with Staphylococcus aureus. Electron microscopy revealed that the bacteria adhere to the membrane of HX cells and become ingested afterwards.