ReviewFuture microbiology2009
Clinical and laboratory evidence for Neisseria meningitidis biofilms.
Review in Future microbiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed.
- The role of extracellular DNA inJournal of bacteriology · 2026Review
- Insight into the relationship between type IV pilus function and biofilm formation.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026Review
- A Rare Mutation in SPLUNC1 Affects Bacterial Adherence and Invasion in Meningococcal Disease.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2020Article
- Meningococcal disease and the complement system.Virulence · 2014Review
- Identification of a phage-encoded Ig-binding protein from invasive Neisseria meningitidis.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2013Article
- The biology of Neisseria adhesins.Biology · 2013Article
- From in vitro to in vivo Models of Bacterial Biofilm-Related Infections.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2013Review
- A glutathione-dependent detoxification system is required for formaldehyde resistance and optimal survival of Neisseria meningitidis in biofilms.Antioxidants & redox signaling · 2013Article
- Biofilm formation by the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis.Medical microbiology and immunology · 2010Review
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2 authors.
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Abstract
Neisseria meningitidis is the etiologic agent of meningococcal meningitis. Carriage of the organism is approximately 10% while active disease occurs at a rate of 1:100,000. Recent publications demonstrate that N. meningitidis has the ability to form biofilms on glass, plastic or cultured human bronchial epithelial cells. Microcolony-like structures are also observed in histological sections from patients with active meningococcal disease. This review investigates the possible role of meningococcal biofilms in carriage and active disease, based on the laboratory and clinical aspects of the disease.
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