Clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus have osteolytic surface proteins and a proportion of the population have antibodies that block this activity: Is this of prognostic significance?

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 328-332

  Nair, S P ^a   Meghji, S ^a   Wilson, M ^a   Nugent, I ^b   Ross, A ^b   Ismael, A ^c   Bhudia, N K ^a   Harris, M ^a   Henderson, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone resorption; Orthopaedic implant failure; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BONE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; OSTEOLYSIS; PROGNOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030813864     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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