PMID: 1208586Dec 1, 1975Paper

Hematologic changes in chronic arthritis of mice induced by Mycoplasma arthritidis

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
C Q EdwardsJ R Ward

Abstract

The arthritis caused by iv injection of M. arthritidis in mice was found to be associated with neutrophilia and lymphopenia without a change in the total WBC concentration. A mild anemia developed which was characterized by hypoferremia and plentiful RE iron but with an increased plasma total iron-binding capacity. This anemia therefore differs from the anemia of chronic disorders and indeed from any anemia which occurs in man.

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