Likhite V, Rodvien R, Crosby W H
Br J Haematol. 1976 Oct;34(2):251-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1976.tb00195.x.
The production of chronic iron deficiency in rabbits was associated with impaired phagocytosis of opsonized Staphylococcus aureus by their polymorphonuclear leucocytes. These cells had a reduced ability to ingest the bacteria and the rate of ingestion could not be stimulated by autologous serum leucophilic gamma-globulin.