Measurement of Candidacidal Activity of Specific Leukocyte Types in Mixed Cell Populations II. Normal and Chronic Granulomatous Disease Eosinophils.
Normal human eosinophils possess appreciable intrinsic candidacidal activity. The leukocyte microbicidal deficiency of chronic granulomatous disease is manifested by eosinophils as well as by neutrophils and monocytes.
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Cancer Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California 94122.