with respect to the intracellular killing of ingested staphylococcus aureus , an interesting phenomenon was found in that the cells of patients with monocytic leukemia proved to be in a state of activation , as shown by the finding that patients ' monocytes with normal phagocytosis killed about 64 % of the ingested bacteria in the absence of extracellular stimulation by serum factors .
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