Pulmonary histiocytosis X cells phagocytize Staphylococcus aureus in vitro

T Hürter; H J Rumpelt

doi:10.1016/s0232-1513(11)80146-5

Pulmonary histiocytosis X cells phagocytize Staphylococcus aureus in vitro

Exp Pathol. 1991;43(1-2):63-5. doi: 10.1016/s0232-1513(11)80146-5.

Authors

T Hürter¹, H J Rumpelt

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pneumology, University Hospital of Mainz, Germany.

PMID: 1783048
DOI: 10.1016/s0232-1513(11)80146-5

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Bacterial Adhesion
Female
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / pathology*
Humans
In Vitro Techniques
Lung Diseases / pathology*
Microscopy, Electron
Phagocytosis*
Staphylococcus aureus*