Article
Group B streptococcal beta-hemolysin expression is associated with injury of lung epithelial cells.
Infection and immunity - 1 Sept 1996
Nizet V, Gibson R L, Chi E Y, Framson P E, Hulse M, Rubens C E
Abstract excerpt
Group B streptococci (GBS) are the leading cause of serious bacterial infection in newborns. Early-onset disease is heralded by pneumonia and lung injury, and the lung may serve as a portal of entry for GBS into the bloodstream. To examine a potential role for GBS beta-hemolysin in lung epithelia...
Topics
- 1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
- Bacterial Proteins
- Binding, Competitive
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Bacterial
- Epithelium
- Hemolysin Proteins
- Humans
- L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Phenotype
- Pigments, Biological
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length