Modeling Klebsiella pneumoniae Pathogenesis by Infection of the Wax Moth Galleria mellonella

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3552-3565

  Insua, José Luis ^a,b   Llobet, Enrique ^a,b   Moranta, David ^a,b   Pérez Gutiérrez, Camino ^a,b   Tomás, Anna ^a,b   Garmendia, Junkal ^b,c   Bengoechea, José A ^a,b,c  

^a Laboratory Microbial Pathogenesis   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LIPID A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LARVA; MOTHS;

EID: 84884358610     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00391-13     Document Type: Article

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