TY - JOUR AU - Domenech, Mirian AU - Ramos-Sevillano, Elisa AU - GarcĂ­a, Ernesto AU - Moscoso, Miriam AU - Yuste, Jose Enrique PY - 2013 DO - 10.1128/IAI.00491-13 SN - 0019-9567 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/8591 AB - Streptococcus pneumoniae is a frequent member of the microbiota of the human nasopharynx. Colonization of the nasopharyngeal tract is a first and necessary step in the infectious process and often involves the formation of sessile microbial... LA - eng PB - American Society for Microbiology (ASM) KW - Adult KW - Bacterial Proteins KW - Complement C3b KW - Complement C4b-Binding Protein KW - Complement Pathway, Alternative KW - Host-Pathogen Interactions KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Microscopy, Confocal KW - Neutrophils KW - Pneumococcal Infections KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae KW - Biofilms KW - Complement Pathway, Classical KW - Immune Evasion KW - Phagocytosis TI - Biofilm formation avoids complement immunity and phagocytosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae TY - journal article ER -