Abstract
Summary
BCG infection, although previously shown to increase the sensitivity of mice to endotoxin, does not increase the sensitivity of mice to passively induced anaphylaxis to histamine or to serotonin. Heparin, which inhibits the Shwartzman reaction in rabbits, failed to prevent endotoxin hyperreactivity in BCG-inoculated mice.
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