Cytokine mRNA Expression in Pneumococcal Carriage, Pneumonia, and Sepsis in Young Mice.

Autor: Ling, Eduard, Feldman, Galia, Dagan, Ron, Mizrachi-Nebenzahl, Yaffa
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Zdroj: Journal of Infectious Diseases; 12/1/2003, Vol. 188 Issue 11, p1752-1756, 5p
Abstrakt: Studies cytokine mRNA expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage, pneumonia and sepsis in 3-week-old, inbred C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice. Bacterial load in the nasopharynx and lungs; mRNA levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha; Nonlethal lung colonization; Activation of the immune system.
Databáze: Complementary Index