Port d’Entrée for Respiratory Infections – Does the Influenza A Virus Pave the Way for Bacteria?

Port d’Entrée for Respiratory Infections – Does the Influenza A Virus Pave the Way for Bacteria?

Bacterial and viral co-infections of the respiratory tract are life-threatening and present a global burden to the global community. Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Streptococcus pyogenes are frequent colonizers of the upper respiratory tract. Imbalances through acquisition of s...

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Main Authors: Nikolai Siemens, Sonja Oehmcke-Hecht, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Bernd Kreikemeyer, Peter Valentin-Weigand, Sven Hammerschmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
pneumonia
co-infections
Influenza A virus
Gram-positive bacteria
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Staphylococcus aureus
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02602/full

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