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. 1933 May 31;57(6):993–1008. doi: 10.1084/jem.57.6.993

EXPERIMENTAL GRANULOPENIA, DUE TO BACTERIAL TOXINS ELABORATED IN VIVO

Emery Westervelt Dennis 1
PMCID: PMC2132272  PMID: 19870175

Abstract

Pyogenic organisms, under conditions simulating a focal infection, are capable of producing in rabbits a granulopenia which may allow generalized infection and death. It is suggested that agranulocytosis in man is due to the action of leucocidin, rather than to a specific microorganism.

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