Method for inducing experimental pneumococcal meningitis in outbred mice

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis. Pneumococcal meningitis is associated with the highest mortality among bacterial meningitis and it may also lead to neurological sequelae despite the use of antibiotic therapy. Experimental animal models of pneumococc...

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Main Authors: Chiavolini, Damiana, Tripodi, Sergio, Parigi, Riccardo, Oggioni, Marco R, Blasi, Elisabetta, Cintorino, Marcella, Pozzi, Gianni, Ricci, Susanna
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Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2004
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Methodology Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC524167/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15385055
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-4-36
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https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC524167/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15385055
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-4-36

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