Neutrophils stimulated with phorbol myristate in the presence of nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT) dye. The left upper panel shows two normal neutrophils stained blue. The left lower panel shows neutrophils from a patient with CGD that failed to reduce NBT. The neutrophils in the right panel are from a heterozygous carrier of chronic granulomatous disease. Half the neutrophils have reduced NBT (deep purple) and half do not stain.