A Biomathematical Model of Pneumococcal Lung Infection and Antibiotic Treatment in Mice.

A Biomathematical Model of Pneumococcal Lung Infection and Antibiotic Treatment in Mice.

Pneumonia is considered to be one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The outcome depends on both, proper antibiotic treatment and the effectivity of the immune response of the host. However, due to the complexity of the immunologic cascade initiated during infection, the latter cannot be pred...

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Main Authors: Sibylle Schirm, Peter Ahnert, Sandra Wienhold, Holger Mueller-Redetzky, Geraldine Nouailles-Kursar, Markus Loeffler, Martin Witzenrath, Markus Scholz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0156047&type=printable

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