Complex interactions of Klebsiella pneumoniae with the host immune system in a Galleria mellonella infection model

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART 12, 2013, Pages 1790-1798

  Wand, Matthew E ^a   McCowen, James W I ^a   Nugent, Philip G ^a   Sutton, J Mark ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DAMAGE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LARVA; MOTHS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84887926733     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.063032-0     Document Type: Article

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