Role of pneumolysin's complement-activating activity during pneumococcal bacteremia in cirrhotic rats

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2862-2866

  Alcantara, Rosemarie B ^a,b   Preheim, Laurel C ^a,b,c   Gentry, Martha J ^a,b,c  

^a VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; PNEUMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032984032     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.6.2862-2866.1999     Document Type: Article

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