Surface antigen exposure by bismuth dimercaprol suppression of Klebsiella pneumoniae capsular polysaccharide

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 664-669

  Domenico, Philip ^a   Tomas, J M ^b   Merino, S ^b   Rubires, X ^b   Cunha, Burke A ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; DIMERCAPROL; EPITOPE; KLEBSIELLA VACCINE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; O ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032910767     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.2.664-669.1999     Document Type: Article

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