Streptococcus pneumoniae surface protein PcpA elicits protection against lung infection and fatal sepsis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2767-2776

  Glover, David T ^a   Hollingshead, Susan K ^a   Briles, David E ^a,b,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PNEUMOCOCCAL CHOLINE BINDING PROTEIN A; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CARRIER PROTEIN; MANGANESE; PCPA PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; MONOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CBA MOUSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NASOPHARYNX;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MANGANESE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 46249115466     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01126-07     Document Type: Article

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