Browsing Research Articles (Immunology) by Subject "Macrolide antibiotics"

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Multifaceted role of pneumolysin in the pathogenesis of myocardial injury in community-acquired pneumonia

Anderson, Ronald; Nel, Jan Gert; Feldman, Charles (MDPI Publishing, 2018-04-11)

Pneumolysin (PLY), a member of the family of Gram-positive bacterial, cholesterol-dependent, -barrel pore-forming cytolysins, is the major protein virulence factor of the dangerous respiratory pathogen, Streptococcus ...
Pathogen- and host-directed anti-inflammatory activities of macrolide antibiotics

Steel, Helen C.; Theron, Annette J.; Cockeran, Riana; Anderson, Ronald; Feldman, Charles; Asano, Kazuhito (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012)

Macrolide antibiotics possess several, beneficial, secondary properties which complement their primary antimicrobial activity. In addition to high levels of tissue penetration, whichmay counteract seemingly macrolide-resistant ...

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