agr-Dependent Bacterial Interference Has No Impact on Long-Term Colonization of Staphylococcus aureus during Persistent Airway Infection of Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 5199-5201

  Kahl, Barbara C ^a   Becker, Karsten ^a   Friedrich, Alexander W ^a   Clasen, Julia ^a   Sinha, Bhanu ^a   Von Eiff, Christof ^a   Peters, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0242425735     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5199-5201.2003     Document Type: Article

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