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Fibrin in peritonitis. V. Fibrin inhibits phagocytic killing of Escherichia coli by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

Fibrin deposition initiated by peritonitis is thought to be an important local defense mechanism because it sequesters and walls off bacterial spillage. However, fibrin has been shown to predispose to residual abscess formation in rat peritonitis model. To examine the potential mechanisms of this ef...

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Main Authors: Rotstein, O D, Pruett, T L, Simmons, R L
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1986
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1251127/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3516086
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