Assessment of the role of gamma-toxin in experimental endophthalmitis using a hlg-deficient mutant of Staphylococcus aureus

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-251

  Supersac, G ^a   Piemont Y ^a   Kubina, M ^a   Prevost G ^a   Foster, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Allelic replacement; Endophthalmitis; Gamma toxin; Staphyiococcus aureus; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0345487013     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1997.0192     Document Type: Article

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