Hyperproduction of alpha-toxin by Staphylococcus aureus results in paradoxically reduced virulence in experimental endocarditis: A host defense role for platelet microbicidal proteins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4652-4660

  Bayer, Arnold S ^a,b   Ramos, Marcelo D ^a,b,e   Menzies, Barbara E ^c   Yeaman, Michael R ^a,b   Shen, Alexander J ^a,f   Cheung, Ambrose L ^d  

^a St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0030862228     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.11.4652-4660.1997     Document Type: Article

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