The whole blood phagocytosis assay: a clinically relevant test of neutrophil function and dysfunction in community-acquired pneumonia

Abstract Objective To refine and validate a neutrophil function assay with clinical relevance for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Design Two phase cross-sectional study to standardise and refine the assay in blood from healthy volunteers and test neutrophil phagocytic function in h...

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Main Authors: J. Reiné, J. Rylance, D. M. Ferreira, S. H. Pennington, I. D. Welters, R. Parker, B. Morton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-020-05034-0