@article {1908,
	title = {Degradation of 14 C-labeled group A streptococci and micrococci in muscular lesions in the mouse},
	journal = {Israel Journal of Medical Sciences},
	volume = {9},
	number = {4},
	year = {1973},
	pages = {483-486},
	abstract = {In previous reports (1, 2) it has been shown
that lysosomal enzymes derived from various
populations of mammalian leukocytes failed
to degrade 14C-Iabeled group A streptococci
in vitro, On the other hand, Staphylococcus
albus, Micrococcus Iysodeikticus and Escherichia
coli were degraded to a large extent by
leukocyte lysosomal enzymes. It was thus of
interest to study the degradation of a variety
of labeled microorganisms in vivo in inflammatory lesions in the thigh muscle of the
mouse induced by the injection of heat-killed
microorganisms. The results indicate that
there may be a correlation between the degree
of degradation of microorganisms by leukocyte
lysates in vitro (1, 2) and the length of
their persistence in lesion sites in vivo.},
	author = {E. Adler and H. Heller and E. Weiner and A. Masover and S. Friedman and Meir Lahav and N. Ne{\textquoteright}eman and Isaac Ginsburg}
}
