Pleiotropic effects of polysaccharide capsule loss on selected biological properties of Streptococcus suis

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-70

  Tanabe, Shin Ichi ^a   Bonifait, Laetitia ^a   Fittipaldi, Nahuel ^b   Grignon, Louis ^a   Gottschalk, Marcelo ^b   Grenier, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PENICILLIN G; POLYSACCHARIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRAIN U937; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BIOFILMS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FIBRINOGEN; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERLEUKINS; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TETRACYCLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; U937 CELLS;

STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 75649098956     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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