Pulmonary histiocytosis X cells phagocytize Staphylococcus aureus in vitro.
The broncho-alveolar lavage from an 18-year-old girl with proven histiocytosis X of the lung has been cocultivated with Staphylococcus aureus. Electron microscopy revealed that the bacteria adhere to the membrane of HX cells and become ingested afterwards.
Hürter
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Department of Pneumology, University Hospital of Mainz, Germany.
Rumpelt
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D000293:Adolescent; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D005260:Female; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010587:Phagocytosis; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus