Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to non-oxidative killing by adherent human polymorphonuclear leucocytes

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1074-1087

  Criss, Alison K ^a,b   Katz, Ben Z ^a   Seifert, H Steven ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; INTERLEUKIN 8; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RECA PROTEIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL KILLING; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT F; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYTOSOL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEUTROPHILS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCINE MAX; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 66749099428     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01308.x     Document Type: Article

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