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Severity and properties of cardiac damage caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae are strain dependent

Streptococcus pneumoniae is an opportunistic Gram-positive pathogen that can cause invasive disease. Recent studies have shown that S. pneumoniae is able to invade the myocardium and kill cardiomyocytes, with one-in-five adults hospitalized for pneumococcal pneumonia having a pneumonia-associated ad...

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Autores principales: Shenoy, Anukul T., Beno, Sarah M., Brissac, Terry, Bell, Jeremiah W., Novak, Lea, Orihuela, Carlos J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6138390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30216364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204032