Streptococcus suis and group B Streptococcus differ in their interactions with murine macrophages

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-195

  Segura, Mariela A ^a   Cléroux, Patrick ^a   Gottschalk, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Group B Streptococcus; Intracellular survival; Macrophage; Non opsonic phagocytosis; Polysaccharidic capsule; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CELL LINE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0344588809     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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