Role of Vegetation-Associated Protease Activity in Valve Destruction in Human Infective Endocarditis

AIMS: Infective endocarditis (IE) is characterized by septic thrombi (vegetations) attached on heart valves, consisting of microbial colonization of the valvular endocardium, that may eventually lead to congestive heart failure or stroke subsequent to systemic embolism. We hypothesized that host def...

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Autores principales: Al-Salih, Ghada, Al-Attar, Nawwar, Delbosc, Sandrine, Louedec, Liliane, Corvazier, Elisabeth, Loyau, Stéphane, Michel, Jean-Baptiste, Pidard, Dominique, Duval, Xavier, Meilhac, Olivier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3447824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23029186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045695

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3447824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23029186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045695

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