THE MECHANISM OF RECOVERY IN ACUTE BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA
- 31 August 1947
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 27 (3), 347-352
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-27-3-347
Abstract
Evidence is presented that, following adequate chemotherapy, prompt recovery from acute bacterial pneumonia depends in large measure upon the bactericidal effect of surface phagocytosis, a defense mechanism of the host that operates in the absence of immune bodies.Keywords
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