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C-Reactive Protein-Based Strategy to Reduce Antibiotic Dosing for the Treatment of Pneumococcal Infection

C-reactive protein (CRP) is a component of innate immunity. The concentration of CRP in serum increases in microbial infections including Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. Employing a mouse model of pneumococcal infection, it has been shown that passively administered human wild-type CRP protects...

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Autores principales: Ngwa, Donald N., Singh, Sanjay K., Agrawal, Alok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7854908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33552084
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.620784