"Bacterial Capsules" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An envelope of loose gel surrounding a bacterial cell which is associated with the virulence of pathogenic bacteria. Some capsules have a well-defined border, whereas others form a slime layer that trails off into the medium. Most capsules consist of relatively simple polysaccharides but there are some bacteria whose capsules are made of polypeptides.
| Descriptor ID |
D016667
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A20.186
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| Concept/Terms |
Bacterial Capsules- Bacterial Capsules
- Capsules, Bacterial
- Bacterial Capsule
- Capsule, Bacterial
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bacterial Capsules" by people in Profiles.
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Carriage meningococcal isolates with capsule null locus dominate among high school students in a non-endemic period, Italy, 2012-2013. Int J Med Microbiol. 2019 May - Jun; 309(3-4):182-188.
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Evolution of Klebsiella pneumoniae with mucoid and non-mucoid type colonies within a single patient. Int J Med Microbiol. 2019 May - Jun; 309(3-4):194-198.
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Structure of the capsular polysaccharide of the KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain KK207-2 and assignment of the glycosyltransferases functions. Int J Biol Macromol. 2019 Jun 01; 130:536-544.
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Protective and therapeutic application of the depolymerase derived from a novel KN1 genotype of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteriophage in mice. Res Microbiol. 2019 Apr - May; 170(3):156-164.
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Protection Against Invasive Infections in Children Caused by Encapsulated Bacteria. Front Immunol. 2018; 9:2674.
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Review of epiglottitis in the post Haemophilus influenzae type-b vaccine era. ANZ J Surg. 2018 11; 88(11):1135-1140.
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Comparison of virulence between matt and mucoid colonies of Klebsiella pneumoniae coproducing NDM-1 and OXA-232 isolated from a single patient. J Microbiol. 2018 Sep; 56(9):665-672.
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Conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines for sickle cell disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 08 20; 8:CD011199.
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Emergence of an extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 15A by capsular switching. Int J Med Microbiol. 2018 Dec; 308(8):986-989.
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An outbreak of severe invasive meningococcal disease due to a capsular switched Neisseria meningitidis hypervirulent strain B:cc11. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019 Jan; 25(1):111.e1-111.e4.