[Studies on granulocytes from inflammatory peritoneal exudates of the rat (author's transl)].

By the help of an animal model, the exudation of neutrophils into the peritoneal cavity of the rat was studied. Exudates were provoked by a repeated challenge with sodium-caseinate. When compared after harvest of the exudates, the cells showed no differences in regard to the quantitative composition but there were definite ones of qualitative kind. By an antiinfectious drug therapy, phagocytosis and inactivation of staphylococcus aureus could be increased significantly, while the controls exhibited a decrease.