Staphylococcus aureus strains lacking d-alanine modifications of teichoic acids are highly susceptible to human neutrophil killing and are virulence attenuated in mice

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 214-219

  Collins, L Vincent ^a   Kristian, Sascha A ^b,c   Weidenmaier, Christopher ^b   Faigle, Marion ^c   Van Kessel, Kok P M ^d   Van Strijp, Jos A G ^d   Goütz, Friedrich ^b   Neumeister, Birgid ^c   Peschel, Andreas ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA DEFENSIN; OXYGEN; TEICHOIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALANINE; ALPHA-DEFENSINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MONOCYTES; MUTATION; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037099263     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341454     Document Type: Article

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