Enterococcus faecalis Endocarditis Severity in Rabbits Is Reduced by IgG Fabs Interfering with Aggregation Substance

BACKGROUND: Enterococcus faecalis is a significant cause of infective endocarditis, an infection of the heart endothelium leading to vegetation formation (microbes, fibrin, platelets, and host cells attached to underlying endothelial tissue). Our previous research determined that enterococcal aggreg...

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Autores principales: Schlievert, Patrick M., Chuang-Smith, Olivia N., Peterson, Marnie L., Cook, Laura C. C., Dunny, Gary M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2949389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20957231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013194

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2949389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20957231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013194

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