Dysregulation of monocyte oxidative burst in streptococcal endocarditis

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 902-906

  Presterl, E ^a   Rokita, E ^a   Graninger, W ^a   Hirschl, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Monocytes; Oxidative burst; Streptococcal endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY BURST; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, SUBACUTE BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; RESPIRATORY BURST; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS;

EID: 0035740420     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2001.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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