The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 57, 993-1008,
Copyright, 1933, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
EXPERIMENTAL GRANULOPENIA, DUE TO BACTERIAL TOXINS ELABORATED IN VIVO
Emery Westervelt Dennis Ph.D.1
1 From the Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Syria
Pyogenic organisms, under conditions simulating a focal infection, are capable of producing in rabbits a granulopenia which may allow generalized infection and death. It is suggested that agranulocytosis in man is due to the action of leucocidin, rather than to a specific microorganism.
Submitted on February 10, 1933