Sex-dependent vulnerability for Wistar rats model following intranasal instillation with Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 43816 causing lobar pneumonia

Abstract Background Klebsiella pneumoniae has become one of the major threats to public health as it causes nosocomial and community-acquired infections like lobar pneumonia. This infection causes acute inflammation in the lung, characterized by the recruitment of polymorphonuclear cells, generating...

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Published in:	Pneumonia
Main Authors:	Patrick Hervé Diboue Betote, Esther Del Florence Ndedi Moni, Sonia Raïssa Gayap Matchuenkam, Sandrine Suzanne Bayengue Beack, Rodrigue Fifen, Raogo Ouedraogo, Gabriel A. Agbor, Rasmané Semde, Nga Nnanga, Maximilienne Ascension Nyegue
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-03-01
Subjects:	Klebsiella pneumoniae Intranasal instillation Lobar pneumonia Inflammatory granulomas forming Sex-dependent vulnerability Wistar rat model
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s41479-024-00126-y