Initial events in the pathogenesis of acute tonsillitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-20

  Lilja, Markus ^a   Räisänen, Simo ^b   Stenfors, Lars Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Central Hospital of   (Finland)

Author keywords

haemolytic streptococci; Bacterial adherence; Bacterial penetration; Immunofluorescence; Immunohistochemistry; Inflammation; Tonsils

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TONSILLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0345404386     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(98)00071-8     Document Type: Article

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