Enterococcal surface protein Esp does not facilitate intestinal colonization or translocation of Enterococcus faecalis in clindamycin-treated mice

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-219

  Pultz, Nicole J ^a   Shankar, Nathan ^b   Baghdayan, Arto S ^b   Donskey, Curtis J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Enterococcal surface protein; Enterococcus faecalis; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ENTEROCOCCAL SURFACE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLINDAMYCIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LYMPH NODES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 11144347908     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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