Host-to-Host Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Driven by Its Inflammatory Toxin, Pneumolysin

Cell Host and Microbe

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 73-83

  Zafar, M Ammar ^a   Wang, Yang ^a,b   Hamaguchi, Shigeto ^a   Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

bacteria; colonization; infection; pneumococcus; pneumolysin; shedding; toxin; transmission

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; PNEUMOLYSIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PLY PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SECRETION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WILD TYPE MOUSE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 85009915395     PISSN: 19313128     EISSN: 19346069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.12.005     Document Type: Article

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