Evidence that a primary anti-viral stimulation of the immune response by OM-85 reduces susceptibility to a secondary respiratory bacterial infection in mice

• Autores principales: Giovanni A. Rossi (Autor), Wolfgang Bessler (Autor), Stefania Ballarini (Autor), Christian Pasquali (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Abstract Background Viral respiratory infections may promote bacterial super-infection decreasing the host immune response efficiency. However, using a mice model we recently demonstrated that preventive treatment with the bacterial extract OM-85 reduces the susceptibility to a secondary Streptococc...