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Pneumococcal colonization and invasive disease studied in a porcine model
BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae, a Gram-positive bacterium carried in the human nasopharynx, is an important human pathogen causing mild diseases such as otitis media and sinusitis as well as severe diseases including pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis. There is a strong resemblance between the a...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898302/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27276874 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0718-3 |