Decreased virulence of a pneumolysin-deficient strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae in murine meningitis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 6504-6508

  Wellmer, Andreas ^a   Zysk, Gregor ^a   Gerber, Joachim ^a   Kunst, Tammo ^a   Von Mering, Matthias ^a   Bunkowski, Stefanie ^a   Eiffert, Helmut ^a   Nau, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYALURONIDASE; PNEUMOLYSIN; SIALIDASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBELLUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISEASE MODEL; GENE MUTATION; MENINGITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAMINIDASE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036840362     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.11.6504-6508.2002     Document Type: Article

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