Is mannose-binding lectin deficiency associated with infection due to gram-positive bacteria?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1492-1493

  Smithson, Alex ^a,c   Perelló, Rafael ^a   Horcajada, Juan Pablo ^b   Nicolas, Josep Maria ^a   Lozano, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LETTER; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN;

EID: 55849086207     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593106     Document Type: Letter

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