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Serum resistance of<i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i>through the binding of factor H to outer membrane proteins
13 Oct 2009
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Bacteremia is a common systemic disease caused by Acinetobacter baumannii, an important hospital-acquired pathogen among critically ill patients. The complement system is central to innate immune defense against invading bacteria in the blood. The present study investigated the susceptibility of clinical A. baumannii isolates to normal human sera (NHS), and determined the resistance mechanism of A. baumannii...
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