title: Impaired bactericidal activity of serum of a child suffering from focal proliferative glomerulonephritis.
abstract: The serum of a child with focal proliferative glomerulonephritis was found to exhibit a weaker bactericidal activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella enteritidis and Escherichia coli strains as compared with sera of the child's parents. The child's serum showed a low haemolytical activity of complement as well as a low C3 concentration. The authors believe that the abnormal complement concentration could cause the impaired bactericidal activity of the patient serum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Academy of Medicine, Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jankowski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grzybek-Hryncewicz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walczuk
mesh_terms: D001770:Blood Bactericidal Activity; D002648:Child; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D003165:Complement System Proteins