Bacterial carriage in human nasopharynx: Selected molecular aspects;Wybrane aspekty molekularne nosicielstwa bakteryjnego w nosogardzieli człowieka

Postepy Mikrobiologii

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 369-384

  Sadowy, Ewa ^a  

^a NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CELL COMMUNICATION; CILIARY MOTILITY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOMICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUTRIENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

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