In vitro adhesion to human cells by viable but nonculturable Enterococcus faecalis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-110

  Pruzzo, Carla ^a   Tarsi, Renato ^a   Del Mar Lleò, Maria ^b   Signoretto, Caterina ^b   Zampini, Massimiliano ^a   Colwell, Rita R ^c   Canepari, Pietro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; KIDNEY CELL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; EPITHELIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CACO-2 CELLS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPITHELIUM; HEART; HUMANS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036690240     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-001-0089-2     Document Type: Article

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