Ultrastructural analysis of neutrophil-macrophage interaction in an inflammatory focus

Function of neutrophils in nonphlogogenetic reaction

“…The phagosomal cavity o f the majority o f these cells were compact and corresponded to the size of staphylococci. W e saw no fusion of phagosomes with the formation of large cavity, reported by some scientists [2]. In abdominal lavage, N L were represented lnailtly by moderately active forms characterized by lobo-and pseudopodia on the surface, intact nuclear and cell membranes, phagosomes in the cytoplasm, more or less intact cytoplasm granules, some o f them being clarified, and the absence of massive degranulation.…”