Environmental growth conditions influence the ability of Escherichia coli K1 to invade brain microvascular endothelial cells and confer serum resistance

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 5692-5697

  Badger, Julie L ^a   Kim, Kwang Sik ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; MAGNESIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL INVASION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OXYGEN TENSION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 3643139596     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.12.5692-5697.1998     Document Type: Article

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