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Influenza A inhibits Th17-mediated host defense against bacterial pneumonia in mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Feb 2011
Kudva Anupa, Scheller Erich V, Robinson Keven M, Crowe Chris R, Choi Sun Mi, Slight Samantha R, Khader Shabaana A, Dubin Patricia J, Enelow Richard I, Kolls Jay K, Alcorn John F
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Staphylococcus aureus is a significant cause of hospital and community acquired pneumonia and causes secondary infection after influenza A. Recently, patients with hyper-IgE syndrome, who often present with S. aureus infections of the lung and skin, were found to have mutations in STAT3, required...
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