title: Deficient phagocytosis secondary to proteolytic breakdown of opsonins in peritonitis exudate.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, Universität München, Klinikum Grosshadern, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Billing
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fröhlich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jochum
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kortmann
mesh_terms: D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000032:analysis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology*; D003176:Complement C3 / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D019272:Leukocyte Elastase; D009895:Opsonin Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000032:analysis; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000032:analysis; D010587:Phagocytosis
chemical_list: D003176:Complement C3; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D009895:Opsonin Proteins; D009195:Peroxidase; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase; D019272:Leukocyte Elastase