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Method for inducing experimental pneumococcal meningitis in outbred mice

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis. Pneumococcal meningitis is associated with the highest mortality among bacterial meningitis and it may also lead to neurological sequelae despite the use of antibiotic therapy. Experimental animal models of pneumococc...

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Autores principales: Chiavolini, Damiana, Tripodi, Sergio, Parigi, Riccardo, Oggioni, Marco R, Blasi, Elisabetta, Cintorino, Marcella, Pozzi, Gianni, Ricci, Susanna
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC524167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15385055
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-4-36