Conversion of Staphylococcus epidermidis strains from commensal to invasive by expression of the ica locus encoding production of biofilm exopolysaccharide

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3188-3191

  Li, Hualin ^a   Xu, Lin ^a   Wang, Jianping ^a   Wen, Yumei ^a   Vuong, Cuong ^b   Otto, Michael ^b   Gao, Qian ^a,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATHETER; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RATS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 17644381297     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.5.3188-3191.2005     Document Type: Article

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