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Antibacterial activity of a competence-stimulating peptide in experimental sepsis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2004
Oggioni Marco R, Iannelli Francesco, Ricci Susanna, Chiavolini Damiana, Parigi Riccardo, Trappetti Claudia, Claverys Jean-Pierre, Pozzi Gianni
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major cause of human disease, produces a 17-mer autoinducer peptide pheromone (competence-stimulating peptide [CSP]) for the control of competence for genetic transformation. Due to previous work linking CSP to stress phenotypes, we set up an in vivo sepsis model to assay its effect on virulence. Our data demonstrate a significant increase in the rates of survival of mice, reductions...
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