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[Cytotoxic effects of a leukocidin from Staphylococcus aureus (author's transl)]
Zentralblatt Fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten Und Hygiene. Erste Abteilung Originale. Reihe A: Medizinische Mikrobiologie Und Parasitologie
|October 1, 1975
Abstract:
In an attempt to improve the assay of leukocidin from Staphylococcus aureus a combined vital fluorochrome staining procedure with acridine organe and ethidium bromide was developed. It proved to be more suitable for the demonstration of leukocidic effects on leukocytes than phasecontrastmicroscopy. Damaged leukocytes fluoresced distinctly red and undamaged leukocytes green. With the fluorochrome-method leukocidic changes became also evident in some lymphocytes. These were not clearly demonstrated by phasecontrastmicroscopy.