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. 1980 Jul;29(1):13–16. doi: 10.1128/iai.29.1.13-16.1980

Inhibitory effect of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on phagocytosis and killing of rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

T Kamimura, Y Mine, S Nonoyama, M Nishida, S Goto, S Kuwahara
PMCID: PMC551067  PMID: 6772574

Abstract

Polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN)-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa had the ability to interfere with phagocytosis of Escherichia coli, whereas PMN-sensitive strains of P. aeruginosa did not. When mice were infected with an ordinarily nonpathogenic strain of E. coli, addition of a PMN-resistant strain of P. aeruginosa gave a mortality considerably higher than that obtained with P. aeruginosa alone, whereas addition of a PMN-sensitive strain of P. aeruginosa gave a mortality not different from that observed with P. aeruginosa alone. This increased mortality in mixed infection with E. coli and PMN-resistant P. aeruginosa was obtained by facilitation of tissue invasion by both bacteria from the inoculum site.

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