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The gut microbiota as a modulator of innate immunity during melioidosis

BACKGROUND: Melioidosis, caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an emerging cause of pneumonia-derived sepsis in the tropics. The gut microbiota supports local mucosal immunity and is increasingly recognized as a protective mediator in host defenses against systemic infe...

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Autores principales: Lankelma, Jacqueline M., Birnie, Emma, Weehuizen, Tassili A. F., Scicluna, Brendon P., Belzer, Clara, Houtkooper, Riekelt H., Roelofs, Joris J. T. H., de Vos, Alex F., van der Poll, Tom, Budding, Andries E., Wiersinga, W. Joost
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5411098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28422970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005548