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Effect of anaerobic bacteria on killing of Proteus mirabilis by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 40 ·No. 3 ·1983-06-00 ·Pages 930-5

Namavar F, Verweij AM, Bal M, van Steenbergen TJ, de Graaff J, MacLaren DM

Abstract

Killing of Proteus mirabilis by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes was tested in the presence of different Bacteroides species. In vitro experiments showed that anaerobic bacteria interfered with the killing of aerobic bacteria. However, this inhibitory effect was not a property of all Bacteroides species. Bacteroides gingivalis W83 showed the greatest inhibitory effect of the five Bacteroides strains tested. Killing of P. mirabilis was inhibited by the culture supernatant of B. gingivalis but not by washed cells. Two factors were found in the supernatant of B. gingivalis to account for the inhibitory effect. One was heat stable with a molecular weight of less than 3,500 and inhibited the killing activity of leukocytes, and the other was heat labile and partly inactivated the complement system. The killing experiments paralleled chemiluminescence measurements.

MeSH Terms
Bacteroides/physiology Bacteroides fragilis/physiology Blood Bactericidal Activity Hot Temperature Humans Luminescent Measurements Neutrophils/immunology,metabolism,microbiology Prevotella melaninogenica/physiology Proteus mirabilis/immunology Species Specificity
Authors & Affiliations
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Namavar F
Verweij A M
Bal M
van Steenbergen T J
de Graaff J
MacLaren D M
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Article Info
Journal
Infection and immunity
Abbr.
Infect Immun
ISSN
0019-9567
Published
1983-06-00
Pages
930-5
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0246127
PMCID
PMC348141
Subset
IM
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