Dynamics of intrapulmonary bacterial growth in a murine model of repeated microaspiration

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 476-482

  Ben David, Itzhak ^a   Price, Sarah E ^a   Bortz, David M ^a   Greineder, Colin F ^a   Cohen, Samuel E ^a   Bauer, Amy L ^a   Jackson, Trachette L ^a   Younger, John C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b 7679 Kresge Research Building I ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Complement; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Mathematical models; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; DYNAMICS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT C3; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GALACTOSE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MURINAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 27644466709     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2005-0053OC     Document Type: Article

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