Antimicrobial activity of innate immune molecules against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

BACKGROUND: Despite its direct connection to the nasopharynx which harbors otitis media pathogens as part of its normal flora, the middle ear cavity is kept free of these bacteria by as yet unknown mechanisms. Respiratory mucosal epithelia, including those of the middle ear and eustachian tube, secr...

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Main Authors: Lee, Haa-Yung, Andalibi, Ali, Webster, Paul, Moon, Sung-Kyun, Teufert, Karen, Kang, Sung-Ho, Li, Jian-Dong, Nagura, Mitsuyoshi, Ganz, Tomas, Lim, David J
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2004
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC428576/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15125783
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-4-12
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