In vitro interaction between normal cynolmolgus monkey alveolar macrophages and Legionnaires disease bacteria.
The interaction between normal cynomolgus monkey alveolar macrophages and Legionnaires disease bacteria was studied by transmission electron microscopy. After ingestion of Legionnaires disease bacteria, the organisms replicated within macrophages and destroyed the phagocytic cell.
D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D051381:Rats