In vivo pathogenicity and resistance to phagocytosis of Streptococcus equi strains with different levels of capsule expression

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 277-286

  Anzai, T ^a   Timoney, J F ^b   Kuwamoto, Y ^a   Fujita, Y ^a   Wada, R ^a   Inoue, T ^c  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capsule; Horse; Phagocytosis; Strangles; Streptococcus equi

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOTOXIN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIDASE; MITOGENIC AGENT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; HORSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBAZOLES; CARBON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COLORING AGENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORMAZANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYALURONIC ACID; JAPAN; LYMPH NODES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; TONSIL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032793192     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(99)00051-6     Document Type: Article

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