2473 Cardiac injury due to Streptococcus pneumoniae invasion during severe pneumococcal pneumonia in a novel nonhuman primate model
OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: The aims of this study are (1) to develop and characterize a novel nonhuman primate model of pneumococcal pneumonia that mimics human disease; and (2) determine whether Streptococcus pneumoniae can: (a) translocate to the heart, (b) cause adverse cardiac events, (c) induce...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2018-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical and Translational Science |
Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866118000511/type/journal_article |