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Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilm formation and dispersion during colonization and disease
Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is a common colonizer of the human nasopharynx. Despite a low rate of invasive disease, the high prevalence of colonization results in millions of infections and over one million deaths per year, mostly in individuals under the age of 5 and the elderly. Co...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4292784/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25629011 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2014.00194 |