Visualization of streptococcus pneumoniae within cardiac microlesions and subsequent cardiac remodeling

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 98, 2015, Pages

  Brown, Armand O ^a   Orihuela, Carlos J ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Bacteremia; Cardiac microlesion; Fluorescent microscopy; Heart failure; Invasion; Issue 98; Medicine; Pneumonia; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; HEART DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEART DISEASES; MICE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84941255019     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52590     Document Type: Article

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