TY - JOUR T1 - Nitroblue tetrazolium test in experimental syphilis. JF - The British Journal of Venereal Diseases JO - Br J Vener Dis SP - 292 LP - 294 DO - 10.1136/sti.53.5.292 VL - 53 IS - 5 AU - V Wicher AU - S Blakowski AU - K Wicher Y1 - 1977/10/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/53/5/292.abstract N2 - The reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) by phagocytic leucocytes in peripheral blood has been examined in rabbits injected intratesticularly with Treponema pallidum, T. pallidum-free supernatant of orchitic testes, or normal rabbit testes supernatant. A significant (P less than 0.01) increase in NBT reduction was observed only in the infected animals. ER -