Immunization with pneumolysin protects against both retinal and global damage caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae endophthalmitis.
Sanders
Melissa E
ME
Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
Norcross
Erin W
EW
Moore
Quincy C
QC
Fratkin
Jonathan
J
Thompson
Hilary
H
Marquart
Mary E
ME
D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005123:Eye / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011817:Rabbits; D012160:Retina / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013301:Streptolysins / Q000276:immunology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D013301:Streptolysins; C032290:plY protein, Streptococcus pneumoniae