Akhtarieva, A.A., Dolgushin, I.I., Gabidullin,Yu.Z., Gabidullin, Z.G., Savchenko, T.A., Davletshina, G.K., Galimova, D.M., Gazizova, M.F.

State of several parts of immune system in mice, infected by enterotoxigenic bacteria of Enterobacter genus

Bashkir State Medical University, Ufa; State Medical Academy, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Influence of thermolabile enterotoxin bacteria of Enterobacter genus on the immune system of mice was stud-ied. Assessment of phagocytic functions of the immune system as well as antigen-presenting functions of macro-phages during infection with enterotoxin-producing strains of bacteria from Enterobacter genus revealed plei-otropic effect of the toxin which is characterized by inhibition of antigen-presenting and processing functions of macrophages.
Zh. Microbiol. (Moscow), 2007, No. 5, P. 84—87