Immune response to Fusobacterium nucleatum, Prevotella intermedia and other anaerobes in children with acute tonsillitis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 763-769

  Brook, I ^a,d   Foote, P A ^b   Slots, J ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Alachua General Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ACTINOBACILLUS; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; OROPHARYNX; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TONSILLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMANS; MALE; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; SALIVA; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0030805787     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/39.6.763     Document Type: Article

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