The surface protein HvgA mediates group B streptococcus hypervirulence and meningeal tropism in neonates

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 207, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2313-2322

  Tazi, Asmaa ^a,b   Disson, Olivier ^c,d   Bellais, Samuel ^a   Bouaboud, Abdelouhab ^a   Dmytruk, Nicolas ^b   Dramsi, Shaynoor ^e   Mistou, Michel Yves ^e   Khun, Huot ^c   Mechler, Charlotte ^f   Tardieux, Isabelle ^a   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^e   Lecuit, Marc ^c,d,g   Poyart, Claire ^a,b,e  

^a INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^b Institut Cochin   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; MALE; MENINGES; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 78149287622     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20092594     Document Type: Article

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