Maede Y
Am J Vet Res. 1979 May;40(5):691-5.
Spleens of two cats infected with Haemobartonella felis were examined by electron microscopy to determine the means by which the organism was sequestered in this organ. The principal means of sequestration occurred when H felis, located on the erythrocytes was removed by phagocytosis by a cordal macrophage, apparently preceded by the adhesion of extended processes of the macrophage to H felis. The second and least frequent means of removal of H felis was by pitting, a process that did not cause destruction of the host erythrocyte. The H felis was pitted from the parasitized erythrocyte when H felis passed through gaps between reticular cells or when the parasitized erythrocyte passed among the cytoplasmic processes of the reticular cells in the splenic cords. Some H felis were closely associated with the plasmalemma of cordal reticular cells and also were located in intracytoplasmic vacuoles of the cells without being influenced by the phagocytic process.
对两只感染了猫血巴尔通体的猫的脾脏进行了电子显微镜检查，以确定该生物体在这个器官中被隔离的方式。主要的隔离方式发生在位于红细胞上的猫血巴尔通体被脾索巨噬细胞吞噬时，显然在此之前巨噬细胞的延长突起会粘附到猫血巴尔通体上。去除猫血巴尔通体的第二种且较不常见的方式是通过凹陷，这一过程不会导致宿主红细胞的破坏。当猫血巴尔通体穿过网状细胞之间的间隙或被寄生的红细胞在脾索中穿过网状细胞的细胞质突起之间时，猫血巴尔通体就会从被寄生的红细胞上凹陷下来。一些猫血巴尔通体与脾索网状细胞的质膜紧密相连，并且也位于细胞的胞质空泡中，而不受吞噬过程的影响。
