Role of Enterococcus faecalis surface protein Esp in the pathogenesis of ascending urinary tract infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 4366-4372

  Shankar, N ^a   Lockatell, C V ^a   Baghdayan, A S ^a   Drachenberg, C ^a   Gilmore, M S ^a   Johnson, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ESP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; PHENOTYPE; RABBITS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034973596     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.7.4366-4372.2001     Document Type: Article

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