Abstract

Both murine peritoneal macrophages and human alveolar lavage cells inhibited growth of M. tuberculosis in a medium containing 10 % foetal calf serum. However, whereas addition of recombinant gamma interferon or crude lymphokine reproducibly activated further strong anti-mycobacterial mechanisms in the murine cells, these stimuli had weak and variable effects on human alveolar cells.

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