Publications by authors named "Elizabeth H White"
Establishment of pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection requires evasion of host innate defenses. In the lung alveoli, epithelial cells naturally resist uptake by the inhaled bacilli while macrophages patrol the epithelial surface and phagocytose foreign microbes. Alveolar microvascular endothelial cells, however, have not been examined as a potential point of direct interaction with the bacilli.
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- Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of fatal sepsis, and cultures may not work in severe cases.
- An immunohistochemical assay was conducted on 14 patients with meningococcal disease, revealing severe tissue damage like pneumonia and adrenal hemorrhage in most fatal cases.
- The study used immunohistochemistry and real-time PCR to confirm the presence and serogroups of meningococci in tissue samples, enhancing understanding of the pathogen's behavior.