Role of teichoic acids in Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization, a major risk factor in nosocomial infections

Nature Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-245

  Weidenmaier, Christopher ^a   Kokai Kun, John F ^b   Kristian, Sascha A ^a   Chanturiya, Tanya ^b   Kalbacher, Hubert ^a   Gross, Matthias ^a   Nicholson, Graeme ^a   Neumeister, Birgid ^a   Mond, James J ^b   Peschel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Biosynexus Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; TEICHOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS INFECTION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; POSIBACTERIA; SIGMODON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CROSS INFECTION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NASAL MUCOSA; RATS; RISK FACTORS; SIGMODONTINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

EID: 2342639647     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm991     Document Type: Article

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