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Genome-wide identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae genes essential for bacterial replication during experimental meningitis.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jan 2011
Molzen T E, Burghout P, Bootsma H J, Brandt C T, van der Gaast-de Jongh Christa E, Eleveld M J, Verbeek M M, Frimodt-Møller N, Østergaard C, Hermans P W M
Abstract excerpt
Meningitis is the most serious of invasive infections caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. Vaccines protect only against a limited number of serotypes, and evolving bacterial resistance to antimicrobials impedes treatment. Further insight into the molecular pathogenesis...
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