In vitro resistance to thrombin-induced platelet microbicidal protein among clinical bacteremic isolates of Staphylococcus aureus correlates with an endovascular infectious source

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3169-3172

  Bayer, Arnold S ^a,b,d   Cheng, Darwin ^a   Yeaman, Michael R ^a,b   Corey, G Ralph ^c   McClelland, R Scott ^c   Harrel, Lizzie J ^c   Fowler Jr , Vance G ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; THROMBIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CELL KILLING; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0031789443     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.12.3169     Document Type: Article

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