Role of interleukin-18 in experimental infections with Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 323-326

  Paterson, G K ^a   Blue, C E ^a,b   Mitchell, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTERLEUKIN-18; LUNG DISEASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 16844375078     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45873-0     Document Type: Article

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