The serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), and glucosylated serum protein (GSP) as well as blood glucose level were measured with an automatic biochemical analyzer (Rayto, Shenzhen, China) using different commercial test kits (Nanjing Jiancheng Bioengineering Ins...
The hypermucoviscosity phenotype of the test isolates was determined using a modified string test [10]. 2.3. Isolation of Neutrophils Heparinized venous blood was obtained from five healthy adult volunteers. A standard density gradient separation method was performed to isolate human neutrophils from ...