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Biofilm and planktonic pneumococci demonstrate disparate immunoreactivity to human convalescent sera
BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is the leading cause of otitis media, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), sepsis, and meningitis. It is now evident that S. pneumoniae forms biofilms during nasopharyngeal colonization; the former which facilitates persistence, the latter, a pr...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3216281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22047041 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-11-245 |