nitroblue tetrazolium test
- nitroblue tetrazolium test
- (for neutrophil microbicidal function) neutrophils are incubated with latex particles and nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT). Normally phagocytosis of the particles is accompanied by reduction of NBT to a blue formazan pigment; absence of NBT reduction indicates a defect in some of the metabolic pathways involved in intracellular microbial killing, as seen in chronic granulomatous disease. Called also NBT t.
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nitroblue tetrazolium — ni·tro·blue tet·ra·zo·li·um (niґtro bloo tet″rə zoґle əm) a yellow water soluble dye that on reduction is converted to a dark blue water insoluble formazan; see also under test … Medical dictionary
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