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Clindamycin enhances complement-and antibody-dependent phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus by human polymorphonuclear granulocytes

  • Netherlands Society for Microbiology, Medical Section and Netherlands Association of Laboratory Physicians Joint Meeting at Rotterdam on 15 November 1984
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  1. Laboratory of Microbiology, State University of Utrecht, Catharijnesingel 59, 3511 GG, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Etèl Veringe & Jan Verhoef

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Veringe, E., Verhoef, J. Clindamycin enhances complement-and antibody-dependent phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus by human polymorphonuclear granulocytes. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 51, 536–537 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00404520

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