Real-Time Quantification of Reactive Oxygen Species in Neutrophils Infected with Meningitic Escherichia ColiXue-Wei Zhang *1, Ming-Xin An *1, Wei-Dong Zhao 1
1Department of Developmental Cell Biology, Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Ministry of Public Health, and Key Laboratory of Medical Cell Biology, Ministry of Education, China Medical University
Escherichia coli is the leading cause of neonatal Gram-negative bacterial meningitis. During the bacterial infection, reactive oxygen species produced by neutrophils play a major bactericidal role. Here we introduce a method to detect the reactive oxygen species in neutrophils in response to meningitis E. coli.
