Relationship between cell surface carbohydrates and intrastrain variation on opsonophagocytosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2327-2333

  Kim, Jean O ^a   Romero Steiner, Sandra ^b   Skov Sørensen, Uffe B ^c   Blom, Jens ^d   Carvalho, M ^b   Barnard, S ^b   Carlone, George ^b   Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; OPSONIN; TEICHOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL SURFACE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032900987     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.5.2327-2333.1999     Document Type: Article

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