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. 1956 Jan 1;103(1):15–36. doi: 10.1084/jem.103.1.15

THE ABILITY OF GROUP A STREPTOCOCCI KILLED BY HEAT OR MERCURY ARC IRRADIATION TO RESIST INGESTION BY PHAGOCYTES

Grove G Wiley 1, Armine T Wilson 1
PMCID: PMC2136561  PMID: 13278452

Abstract

Living group A streptococci which resist ingestion by human neutrophils in an in vitro test still do so after they have been killed by exposure to heat or to mercury are irradiation.

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