Escherichia coli binding to and invasion of brain microvascular endothelial cells derived from humans and rats of different ages

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5522-5525

  Stins, Monique F ^a   Nemani, Prasadarao V ^a,b   Wass, Carol ^a   Kim, Kwang Sik ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL INTERACTION; CHILD; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENINGITIS; MICROVASCULATURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032858908     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.10.5522-5525.1999     Document Type: Article

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