Attachment of Staphylococcus aureus to eukaryotic cells and experimental pitfalls in staphylococcal adherence assays: A critical appraisal

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-42

  Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Kools Sijmons, Marly ^a   Verbrugh, Henri ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adherence assays; Eukaryotic cells; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BINDING PROTEIN; COAGULASE; COLLAGEN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTIN; LIGAND; PROTEIN A; RECEPTOR; TEICHOIC ACID; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BREAST; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FIMBRIA; GENE CONTROL; HAND; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CATTLE; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; RESEARCH; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036132830     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(01)00342-6     Document Type: Review

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