A trojan horse mechanism in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis: a hypothesis.
Baddour
L M
LM
Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville, USA.
D000818:Animals; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000382:microbiology; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000382:microbiology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000382:microbiology; D008954:Models, Biological