A modified ex vivo human whole blood model of infection for studying the pathogenesis of Neisseria meningitidis during septicemia

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-95

  Nolte, Oliver ^a   Rickert, Alexander ^a   Ehrhard, Ingrid ^a   Ledig, Sandra ^a   Sonntag, Hans Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neisseria meningitidis; Septicemia; Whole blood model

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; VIRULENCE; VOLUNTEER;

BACTEREMIA; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0037074528     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(01)00277-2     Document Type: Article

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