Pathogenesis of meningococcemia

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Coureuil, Mathieu ^a,b   Join Lambert, Olivier ^a,b,c   Lécuyer, Hervé ^a,b,c   Bourdoulous, Sandrine ^b,d,e   Marullo, Stefano ^b,d,e   Nassif, Xavier ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CORTACTIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIMBRIA; FULMINATING PURPURA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CORTACTIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PURPURA FULMINANS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 84878980086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21571422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a012393     Document Type: Article

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