Nitroblue tetrazolium test in experimental syphilis.
The reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) by phagocytic leucocytes in peripheral blood has been examined in rabbits injected intratesticularly with Treponema pallidum, T. pallidum-free supernatant of orchitic testes, or normal rabbit testes supernatant. A significant (P less than 0.01) increase in NBT reduction was observed only in the infected animals.
D000818:Animals; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium / Q000378:metabolism; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011817:Rabbits; D013587:Syphilis / Q000097:blood*; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts
D013778:Tetrazolium Salts; D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium