Respiratory Commensal Bacteria Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum Improves Resistance of Infant Mice to Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae Superinfection

• Published in: Frontiers in microbiology Vol. 8; p. 1613
• Main Authors: Kanmani, Paulraj, Clua, Patricia, Vizoso-Pinto, Maria G., Rodriguez, Cecilia, Alvarez, Susana, Melnikov, Vyacheslav, Takahashi, Hideki, Kitazawa, Haruki, Villena, Julio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 23.08.2017
• Subjects: Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum; Microbiology; nasal probiotic; respiratory immunity; Respiratory Synsytial Virus; Streptococcus pneumoniae; TLR3; Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum; nasal probiotic; Respiratory Synsytial Virus; respiratory immunity; TLR3; Streptococcus pneumoniae

is a Gram-positive bacterium found as a member of the normal microbiota of the upper respiratory tract. It was suggested that may be potentially used as a next-generation probiotic for nasal application, although no deep studies were performed in this regard. We hypothesized that human isolate strai...