Polyclonal Staphylococcal endocarditis caused by genetic variability

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-30

  Van Eldere, J ^a   Peetermans, W E ^b   Struelens, M ^c   Deplano, A ^c   Bobbaers, H ^b  

^a Department of Microbiology and Immunology ^*  (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034455584     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313915     Document Type: Article

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