Demonstration of Intracellular Growth of Gonococci in Human Phagocytes using Spectinomycin to Kill Extracellular Organisms Casey, S. G. and Veale, D. R. and Smith, H.,, 113, 395-398 (1979), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-113-2-395, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1350-0872, abstract= The use of spectinomycin to kill extracellular bacteria in phagocytosis tests with gonococci and human polymorphonuclear phagocytes allowed the demonstration of a greater degree of intracellular survival and growth than in previous tests using penicillin., language=, type=