Formation of vegetations during infective endocarditis excludes binding of bacterial-specific host antibodies to Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 994-997

  McCormick, John K ^a,b   Tripp, Timothy J ^a   Dunny, Gary M ^a   Schlievert, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIBRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM COLONY; COLONY FORMATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BLOOD PLATELETS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FIBRIN; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RABBITS;

EID: 0036535040     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339604     Document Type: Article

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