Persistence of group A streptococci in eukaryotic cells - A safe place?

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9275, 2001, Pages 3-4

  Podbielski, Andreas ^a   Kreikemeyer, Bernd ^a  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYTOKINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FIBRONECTIN; INTEGRIN; INVASIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN F1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOSOL; EPIDEMIC; EPITHELIUM CELL; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HOST CELL; HUMAN; INVAGINATION; LYSOSOME; MICROVILLUS; NOTE; PHAGOSOME; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; TARGET CELL; TONSILLOPHARYNGITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0035822277     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)05296-X     Document Type: Note

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