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Anticoagulants impact on innate immune responses and bacterial survival in whole blood models of Neisseria meningitidis infection

Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) causes invasive diseases such as meningitis or septicaemia. Ex vivo infection of human whole blood is a valuable tool to study meningococcal virulence factors and the host innate immune responses. In order to consider effects of cellular mediators, the coagulat...

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Autores principales: Strobel, Lea, Johswich, Kay O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6033889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29977064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28583-8