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New adhesin functions of surface-exposed pneumococcal proteins
BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a widely distributed commensal Gram-positive bacteria of the upper respiratory tract. Pneumococcal colonization can progress to invasive disease, and thus become lethal, reason why antibiotics and vaccines are designed to limit the dramatic effects of the bact...
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2911433/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20624274 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-190 |