Pneumococcal protein PavA is important for nasopharyngeal carriage and development of sepsis

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-60

  Kadioglu, A ^a   Brewin, H ^a   Hartel T ^b,c   Brittan, J L ^d   Klein, M ^c   Hammerschmidt, S ^b,c   Jenkinson, H F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization; Host pathogen interactions; Nasopharyngeal carriage; Pneumococcus; Sepsis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PAVA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROCESSES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LUNG; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 76149129702     PISSN: 20411006     EISSN: 20411014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-1014.2009.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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