Critical role of neutrophils in eliminating Listeria monocytogenes from the central nervous system during experimental murine listeriosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 4789-4791

  López, Santiago ^a   Marco, Alberto Jesús ^a   Prats, Neus ^a   Czuprynski, Charles J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY RB6 8C5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LIVER; MICE; NEUTROPHILS; SPLEEN;

EID: 0342757752     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.8.4789-4791.2000     Document Type: Article

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