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It is well known that patients with low numbers of neutrophil granulocytes or with different mal-functions of neutrophil granulocytes [6] do become infected more easily and that infections tend to be more serious in these patients than in individuals with normal granulocytes [6].
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Gnarpe, H., Belsheim, J. (1985). Indirect Antibiotic Effects on Granulocyte Migration and Phagocytosis. In: Adam, D., Hahn, H., Opferkuch, W. (eds) The Influence of Antibiotics on the Host-Parasite Relationship II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70748-3_17
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