Blood Bactericidal Activity (definition)

encyclopedia of medical concepts

ψ
ψ
ψ

Blood Bactericidal Activity

More information in Books or on

Definition: The natural bactericidal property of BLOOD due to normally occurring antibacterial substances such as beta lysin, leukin, etc. This activity needs to be distinguished from the bactericidal activity contained in a patient's serum as a result of antimicrobial therapy, which is measured by a SERUM BACTERICIDAL TEST.

restrict to bactericidal: fungicidal
See Also Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; Serum Bactericidal Antibody Assay; Serum Bactericidal Test

Other names Blood Bactericidal Activities; Bactericidal Activity, Blood; Bactericidal Activities, Blood; Activity, Blood Bactericidal; Activities, Blood Bactericidal

Substance	Categories	Source
listericidin	*Blood Proteins Blood Bactericidal Activity.	Infect Immun 1981;33(2):348
bactericidal permeability increasing protein	Blood Proteins Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides Blood Bactericidal Activity. Pharma Action Anti-Infective Agents	J Biol Chem 254(21):11000;1979
phagocytin	*Blood Proteins Blood Bactericidal Activity Leukocytes Neutrophils.	Indian J Exp Biol 10(1):46;1972

To share this definition, click "text" (Facebook, Twitter) or "link" (blog, mail) then paste text link

Ads by Google

Sources: NLM Medical Subject Headings, NIH UMLS, Drugs@FDA, FDA AERS original data copyright United States Government. No endorsement implied. Last modified 6/6/2012
Warning: the drugs or drug combinations referred to here may be similar or related, but are not be the same ones and may not have the same pharmacological action as other substances described on the same page or in the same row. Please refer to product monograph or to your doctor

We comply with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here.
About Reference.MD Privacy