Interferon-γ protects against biomaterial-associated Staphyiococcus epidermidis infection in mice

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1167-1171

  Boelens, Jaap Jan ^a,b   Van Der Poll, Tom ^a   Dankert, Jacob ^a   Zaat, Sebastian A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; GAMMA INTERFERON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0034117706     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315344     Document Type: Article

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