Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus, isolated from airways of cystic fibrosis patients, and their small colony variants

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 191-197

  Sadowska, Beata ^a   Bonar, Agnieszka ^a   Von Eiff, Christof ^b   Proctor, Richard A ^c   Chmiela, Magdalena ^a   Rudnicka, Wies ^a   Róalska, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Defensin; Phagocytosis; Small colony variant; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; DEFENSIN; DERMASEPTIN; HEMIN; MAGAININ DERIVATIVE; MENADIONE; PROTAMINE; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG POTENCY; GRANULOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTAMINES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037128138     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(01)00291-7     Document Type: Article

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