Similar inflammatory response in human whole blood to live Streptococcus pneumoniae of different serotypes

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-177

  Kragsbjerg, Peter ^a   Jurstrand, M ^a   Fredlund, H ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytokine response; Oxidative burst; Serotypes; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD18 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; SEROTYPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 1342311475     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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