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The Dominance of Pilus Islet 1 in Pneumococcal Isolates Collected From Patients and Healthy Individuals

BACKGROUND: Pili in Streptococcus pneumoniae have been shown to be one of the adherence factors for epithelial cells in the human upper respiratory tract. Two types of pilus-like structures (pilus islet-1 and pilus islet-2) have been distinguished in S. pneumoniae. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the pre...

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Autores principales: Khodaei, Farzaneh, Ahmadi, Ali, Sayahfar, Shirin, Irajian, Gholamreza, Talebi, Malihe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27540452
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/jjm.30470