Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA) protects Staphylococcus epidermidis against major components of the human innate immune system

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-275

  Vuong, Cuong ^a   Voyich, Jovanka M ^a   Fischer, Elizabeth R ^a   Braughton, Kevin R ^a   Whitney, Adeline R ^a   DeLeo, Frank R ^a   Otto, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ANION; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BETA DEFENSIN 3; CATION; CELL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WILD TYPE;

HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 1342304447     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2004.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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