Ultrastructure of Streptococcus pneumoniae after exposure to xylitol

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 225-228

  Tapiainen, Terhi ^a   Sormunen, Raija ^a   Kaijalainen, Tarja ^b   Kontiokari, Tero ^a   Ikäheimo, Irma ^c   Uhari, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacterial polysaccharides; Electron microscopy; Otitis media; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SORBITOL; XYLITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTATION; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PHENOTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; POLYSACCHARIDES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; XYLITOL;

EID: 3543143168     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh302     Document Type: Article

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