Fibrinogen binds to nontoxigenic and toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains

Fibrinogen binds to nontoxigenic and toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains

The production of fibrinous exudates may play an important role in determining the outcome of bacterial infection. Although pseudomembrane formation is a characteristic feature of diphtheria, little is known about the fibrinogen (Fbn)-binding properties of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains and the...

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Main Authors: Priscila Soares Sabbadini, Marcia Rocha Novais Genovez, Cecília Ferreira da Silva, Thelma Lúcia Novaes Adelino, Cintia Silva dos Santos, Gabriela Andrade Pereira, Prescilla Emy Nagao, Alexandre Alves de Souza de Oliveira Dias, Ana Luiza Mattos-Guaraldi, Raphael Hirata Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2010-08-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
diphtheria
fibrin
fibrinogen
pseudomembrane
nontoxigenic
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