Salmonella enterica serovars typhimurium and Dublin can lyse macrophages by a mechanism distinct from apoptosis

Salmonella enterica serovars Typhimurium and Dublin lysed primary bovine alveolar macrophages and immortalized J774.2 macrophage-like cells in the absence of either the morphological changes or DNA fragmentation characteristic of apoptosis. Macrophage lysis mas dependent on a subset of caspases and an intact sipB gene.