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Infect Immun. 1975 January; 11(1): 65-68

Studies on gonococcus infection. VII. In vitro killing of gonococci by human leukocytes.

ABSTRACT

The comparative killing of pilated and nonpilated forms of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by human peripheral blood leukocytes was studied in vitro. Some nonpilated gonococci (T2) were killed to a lesser extent than were pilated, T2 organisms, which were killed less readily than another nonpilated (T4*) form of gonococcus. Thus, the relative order of killing of gonococci by human peripheral blood leukocytes appears to be: T4 less than T2 less than T4*. These data suggest that pilation, though correlated with virulence of gonococci, has little influence on the survival or killing of these organisms by human leukocytes.

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