The surface protein Pls of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a virulence factor in septic arthritis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2812-2817

  Josefsson, Elisabet ^a   Juuti, Katri ^b   Bokarewa, Maria ^a   Kuusela, Pentti ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PLS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; INOCULATION; KIDNEY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 17644410436     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.5.2812-2817.2005     Document Type: Article

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