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Reduced Wall Degradation of Staphylococci After Pretreatment with Bacteriostatic Antibiotics

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The Influence of Antibiotics on the Host-Parasite Relationship III

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The cellular immune system is known to be not capable of degrading the cell wall of certain pathogenic bacteria such as streptococci and staphylococci [5, 6, 15, 16].

Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Wohlfarth-Bottermann on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

This study was supported by a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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  1. Robert Koch-Institute of the Federal Health Office, Nordufer 20, 1000, Berlin 65, Federal Republic of Germany

    J. Wecke, P. Blümel & P. Giesbrecht

  2. Hadassah Medical Center, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

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Wecke, J., Lahav, M., Blümel, P., Giesbrecht, P. (1989). Reduced Wall Degradation of Staphylococci After Pretreatment with Bacteriostatic Antibiotics. In: Gillissen, G., Opferkuch, W., Peters, G., Pulverer, G. (eds) The Influence of Antibiotics on the Host-Parasite Relationship III. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73653-7_8

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