A role for pneumolysin but not neuraminidase in the hearing loss and cochlear damage induced by experimental pneumococcal meningitis in guinea pigs

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4411-4418

  Winter, Andrew J ^a   Comis, Spiro D ^a   Osborne, Michael P ^a   Tarlow, Michael J ^a   Stephen, John ^a   Andrew, Peter W ^b   Hill, Jim ^c   Mitchell, Timothy J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Microbiol Chem and Biol Defence   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOLYSIN; SIALIDASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; COCHLEA INJURY; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GUINEA PIG; HEARING LOSS; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030814940     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.11.4411-4418.1997     Document Type: Article

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