Cationic polyelectrolytes from leukocytes might kill bacteria by activating their autolytic systems: enigmatically, the relevance of this phenomenon to post-infectious sequelae is disregarded

[1] Bichowski-Slominski L.(1956)The antibacterial action of some basic amino acids copolymers Arch Biochem Biophys 65 400-413

[2] Berger A.(1963)Antibacterial and enzyme basic proteins from leukocyte lysosomes Science 142 1085-1087

[3] Kurtz J.(1998)The bacterial /permeability — increasing (BPI) in antibacterial defense J Leuk Biol 64 14-18

[4] Katchalski E.(1987)Cationic polyelectrolytes: a new look at their roles as opsonins, as stimulators of the respiratory of in leukocytes in bacteriolysis, and as modulators of immune complex diseases Inflammation 11 489-515

[5] Zeya H.I.(1988)The biochemistry of bacteriolysis: facts, paradoxes and myths Microb Sci 5 137-142

[6] Spitznagel J.K.(2002)Role of lipoteichoic acid in infection and inflammation Lancet Infect Dis 2 171-179

[7] Elsbach P.(1999)Gram-positive sepsis: mechanisms and differences from Gram-negative sepsis Inf Dis Clin North Am 13 397-412

[8] Ginsburg I.(2001)Hypothesis: is a failure to prevent bacteriolysis and the synergy among microibial and host-derived pro-inflammatory agonists the main contributory factors to the pathogenesis of post-infectious sequelae? Inflammation 25 1-10

[9] Ginsburg I.(1999)Multidrug strategies are necessary to inhibit the synergistic mechanisms causing tissue damage and organ failure in post infectious sequelae Inflammopharmacology 7 207-217

[10] Ginsburg I.(2001)The disregard syndrome: a menace to honest science? Scientist 10 51-undefined

[1] Bichowski-Slominski L.(1956)The antibacterial action of some basic amino acids copolymers Arch Biochem Biophys 65 400-413

[2] Berger A.(1963)Antibacterial and enzyme basic proteins from leukocyte lysosomes Science 142 1085-1087

[3] Kurtz J.(1998)The bacterial /permeability — increasing (BPI) in antibacterial defense J Leuk Biol 64 14-18

[4] Katchalski E.(1987)Cationic polyelectrolytes: a new look at their roles as opsonins, as stimulators of the respiratory of in leukocytes in bacteriolysis, and as modulators of immune complex diseases Inflammation 11 489-515

[5] Zeya H.I.(1988)The biochemistry of bacteriolysis: facts, paradoxes and myths Microb Sci 5 137-142

[6] Spitznagel J.K.(2002)Role of lipoteichoic acid in infection and inflammation Lancet Infect Dis 2 171-179

[7] Elsbach P.(1999)Gram-positive sepsis: mechanisms and differences from Gram-negative sepsis Inf Dis Clin North Am 13 397-412

[8] Ginsburg I.(2001)Hypothesis: is a failure to prevent bacteriolysis and the synergy among microibial and host-derived pro-inflammatory agonists the main contributory factors to the pathogenesis of post-infectious sequelae? Inflammation 25 1-10

[9] Ginsburg I.(1999)Multidrug strategies are necessary to inhibit the synergistic mechanisms causing tissue damage and organ failure in post infectious sequelae Inflammopharmacology 7 207-217

[10] Ginsburg I.(2001)The disregard syndrome: a menace to honest science? Scientist 10 51-undefined