Vascular colonization by Neisseria meningitidis

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-56

  Melican, Keira ^a,b   Dumenil, Guillaume ^a,b  

^a PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

BLOOD VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEPSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 84856100146     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.10.008     Document Type: Review

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