It is well known that the results of treating infections depend to a considerable extent on whether the infecting agent is only able grow outside the cells of the organism or can develop in the interacellular medium as well [1]. A situation when a part of the infection pool can localize and survive inside phagocytes is by no means rare in clinical practice. It is a common practice to distinguish between obligate
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