Cirrhosis-induced defects in innate pulmonary defenses against Streptococcus pneumoniae

BACKGROUND: The risk of mortality from pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is increased in patients with cirrhosis. However, the specific pneumococcal virulence factors and host immune defects responsible for this finding have not been clearly established. This study used a cirrhotic rat mo...

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Autores principales: Propst-Graham, Katie L, Preheim, Laurel C, Vander Top, Elizabeth A, Snitily, Mary U, Gentry-Nielsen, Martha J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2140065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17956621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-7-94

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2140065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17956621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-7-94

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