Pneumococcal sepsis and nasopharyngeal carriage

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Charalambous, Bambos M ^a   Leung, Marcus H ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

invasive pneumococcal disease; nasopharyngeal colonization; pneumococcal vaccines; pneumococcus; serotypes; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; METAL ION; PNEUMOLYSIN; PROTEIN C; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BIOFILM; IMMUNE EVASION; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW;

BACTEREMIA; BIOFILMS; CARRIER STATE; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84859218366     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328352103b     Document Type: Review

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