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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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| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2007
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| 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 |