Epithelial invasion and cell lysis by virulent strains of Streptococcus suis is enhanced by the presence of suilysin

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-35

  Norton, Pamela M ^a   Rolph, Charlotte ^a   Ward, Philip N ^a   Bentley, Robert W ^a   Leigh, James A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Invasion; Streptococcus suis; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; EPITHELIUM; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEAT INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032883924     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00116-9     Document Type: Article

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