Bacterioproteins
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Bacterioproteins are pyogenic and pathogenic substances extracted from microbial bodies by Buchner through special treatment. Their purulent effect depends on a positive chemotactic action on leukocytes, and they are found in both pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
BACTERIOPROTEINS, pyogenic (pathogenic) substances first extracted by Buchner from microbial bodies through special treatment. Their pyogenic effect depends on a positive chemotactic action on leukocytes. Bacterioproteins are found in both pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes, and, due to this, the injection of killed saprophytes can cause suppuration. Bacterioproteins are heat-stable and are not destroyed even by heating up to 120° for an hour.
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“Bacterioproteins.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/bacterioproteins/