Intracellular replication of Streptococcus pneumoniae inside splenic macrophages serves as a reservoir for septicaemia

Ercoli, Giuseppe; Fernandes, Vitor E.; Chung, Wen Y.; Wanford, Joseph J.; Thomson, Sarah; Bayliss, Christopher D.; Straatman, Kornelis; Crocker, Paul R.; Dennison, Ashley; Martinez-Pomares, Luisa; Andrew, Peter W.; Moxon, E. Richard; Oggioni, Marco R.

doi:10.1038/s41564-018-0147-1

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Intracellular replication of Streptococcus pneumoniae inside splenic macrophages serves as a reservoir for septicaemia (2018)
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Ercoli, G., Fernandes, V. E., Chung, W. Y., Wanford, J. J., Thomson, S., Bayliss, C. D., Straatman, K., Crocker, P. R., Dennison, A., Martinez-Pomares, L., Andrew, P. W., Moxon, E. R., & Oggioni, M. R. (2018). Intracellular replication of Streptococcus pneumoniae inside splenic macrophages serves as a reservoir for septicaemia. Nature Microbiology, 3, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0147-1

Bacterial septicaemia is a major cause of mortality, but its pathogenesis remains poorly understood. In experimental pneumococcal murine intravenous infection, an initial reduction of bacteria in the blood is followed hours later by a fatal septicaem... Read More about Intracellular replication of Streptococcus pneumoniae inside splenic macrophages serves as a reservoir for septicaemia.