Mesophilic Aeromonas sp. serogroup O:11 resistance to complement- mediated killing

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5302-5309

  Merino, Susana ^a   Rubires, Xavier ^a   Aguilar, Alicia ^a   Albertí, Sebastian ^b   Hernandez Allés, Santiago ^b   Benedí, Vicente Javier ^b   Tomas, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 0029806699     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.12.5302-5309.1996     Document Type: Article

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