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Nasopharyngeal Colonization and Invasive Disease Are Enhanced by the Cell Wall Hydrolases LytB and LytC of Streptococcus pneumoniae

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common colonizer of the human nasopharynx and one of the major pathogens causing invasive disease worldwide. Dissection of the molecular pathways responsible for colonization, invasion, and evasion of the immune system will provide new targets for antimicrob...

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Main Authors: Ramos-Sevillano, Elisa, Moscoso, Miriam, García, Pedro, García, Ernesto, Yuste, Jose
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160309/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21886805
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023626
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