Altered antigenicity is seen in the lipopolysaccharide profile of non- serotypeable Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans strains

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-177

  Paju, Susanna ^a   Saarela, Maria ^a   Chen, Casey ^b   Jousimies Somer, Hannele ^c   Uitto, Veli Jukka ^d   Asikainen, Sirkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Lipopolysaccharide; Non serotypeability; Periodontal disease; Serotype

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; O ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; TROVAFLOXACIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0033968906     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00188-1     Document Type: Article

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