Virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus strains causing infective endocarditis - A comparison with strains from skin infections

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Volumn 106, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 901-908

  Hogevik, H ^a   Soderquist B ^b   Tung, H S ^c   Olaison, L ^a   Westberg, A ^c   Ryden C ^c   Tarkowski, A ^a   Andersson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enterotoxin extracellular matrix proteins; Infective endocarditis; S. aureus; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031751543     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb00237.x     Document Type: Article

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