Chromogenic assay measuring opsonophagocytic killing capacities of antipneumococcal antisera

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 528-533

  Lin, J S ^a   Park, M K ^a   Nahm, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DYE; FORMAZAN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; UBIQUINONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035023341     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.8.3.528-533.2001     Document Type: Article

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