Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is resistant to killing by human neutrophils

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 607-611

  Laws, Thomas R ^a   Davey, Martin S ^b   Green, Christopher ^a   Cooper, Ian A M ^a   Titball, Richard W ^c   Lukaszewski, Roman A ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microsopy; Innate immunity; Neutrophils; Phagocytosis; Yersinia pestis; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ENDOCYTOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUTROPHILS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79955668244     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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