Differences in Clinical Manifestation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection Are Not Correlated with In Vitro Production and Release of the Virulence Factors Pneumolysin and Lipoteichoic and Teichoic Acids

Production and release of the pneumococcal virulence factors pneumolysin and lipoteichoic and teichoic acid in 75 clinical isolates were investigated. No difference was found between strains causing systemic infection or localized respiratory infection and isolates from asymptomatic carriers. This s...

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Main Authors: Spreer, Annette, Lis, Astrid, Gerber, Joachim, Reinert, Ralf René, Eiffert, Helmut, Nau, Roland
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2004
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Bacteriology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC446287/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15243112
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.7.3342-3345.2004
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