Aggregation and binding substances enhance pathogenicity in rabbit models of Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 218-223

  Schlievert, Patrick M ^a,c   Gahr, Pamala J ^b   Assimacopoulos, Aris P ^b   Dinges, Martin M ^c   Stoehr, Jennifer A ^a   Harmala, John W ^b   Hirt, Helmut ^a   Dunny, Gary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b M Health Fairview   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LUNG CONGESTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPLENOMEGALY;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 0031965278     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.1.218-223.1998     Document Type: Article

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