The capsular serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae is more important than the genetic background for resistance to complement

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5262-5270

  Melin, Merit ^a   Trzciński, Krzysztof ^b   Meri, Seppo ^c,d   Käyhty, Helena ^a   Väkeväinen, Merja ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C3; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 78649921808     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00740-10     Document Type: Article

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