Acanthamoeba-bacteria: A model to study host interaction with human pathogens

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 936-941

  Sandström, Gunnar ^a,b   Saeed, Amir ^a   Abd, Hadi ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Antibiotic; Bacteria; Interaction; Symbionts; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INTERACTION; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAMMAL CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SHIGELLA; TULAREMIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79958108696     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: 18735592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138945011795677845     Document Type: Article

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