Virulence of Enterococci

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 462-478

  Jett, Bradley D ^a   Huycke, Mark M ^b   Gilmore, Michael S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ANTIBIOTIC AS 48; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARBOHYDRATE; COMPLEMENT; CYTOLYSIN; HYALURONIDASE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; PHEROMONE; PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ABSCESS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL AGGREGATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MURINAE;

EID: 0028172594     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.7.4.462     Document Type: Review

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