Search for an antibody profile of Rhodococcus equi infection in AIDS patients despite the diversity of isolates and patient immune dysfunction

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 663-670

  Caterino De Araujo, Adele ^a   De Los Santos Fortuna, Elizabeth ^a   Zandoná Meleiro, Mônica C ^a   Mastroianni, Claudio M ^b   Lichtner, Miriam ^b   Mengoni, Fabio ^b   Vullo, Vincenzo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS; Human infection; Humoral immune response; Rhodococcus equi; Strain diversity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032696265     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(99)80067-7     Document Type: Article

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