Opsonophagocytosis of Chlamydia pneumoniae by Human Monocytes and Neutrophils.

The human respiratory tract pathogen , which causes mild to severe infections, has been associated with the development of chronic inflammatory diseases. To understand the biology of infections, several studies have investigated the interaction between and professional phagocytes. However, these studies have been conducted under nonopsonizing conditions, making the role of opsonization in infections elusive.