Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants are induced by the endothelial cell intracellular milieu

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 739-742

  Vesga, Omar ^b   Groeschel, Michael C ^b   Otten, Marijke F ^b   Brar, Dorothy W ^b   Vann, James M ^b   Proctor, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOSTAPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030065793     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.3.739     Document Type: Article

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