A Nonfunctional Opsonic Antibody Response Frequently Occurs after Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Is Associated with Invasive Disease

A Nonfunctional Opsonic Antibody Response Frequently Occurs after Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Is Associated with Invasive Disease

Numerous reports on the dynamics of antipneumococcal immunity in relation to immunization with pneumococcal vaccines and on the prevalence of naturally acquired immunity in various populations have been published. In contrast, studies on the dynamics of the humoral immune response triggered by pneum...

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Main Authors: Fabian Uddén, Jonas Ahl, Nils Littorin, Kristoffer Strålin, Simon Athlin, Kristian Riesbeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-02-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
adaptive immune response
bacteremia
immunoglobulins
opsonization
phagocytosis
pneumonia
streptococcus pneumoniae
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00925-19

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