Open AccessDie invloed van koolstofpartikels op die vernietiging van <i>Mycobacterium bovis<i/> deur die alveolêre makrofaag
Author(s) -
Li Wang
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie/die suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2222-4173
pISSN - 0254-3486
DOI - 10.4102/satnt.v16i4.682
Subject(s) - mycobacterium bovis , alveolar macrophage , mycobacterium tuberculosis , microbiology and biotechnology , macrophage , tuberculosis , chemistry , biology , immunology , medicine , pathology , biochemistry , in vitro
Diagnostic bronchoscopies done on untreated indigenous African patients with tuberculosis revealed a majority of alveolar macrophages that were filled with carbon particles. The aim of this investigation was to determine whether intracellular carbon particles could inhibit the killing of Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) by the alveolar macrophage