Adherence of Abiotrophia defectiva and Granulicatella species to fibronectin: Is there a link with endovascular infections?

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-217

  Senn, Laurence ^a   Entenza, José M ^b   Prod'hom, Guy ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abiotrophia; Endocarditis; Fibronectin adherence; Granulicatella; Nutritionally variant streptococci

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ;

ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GANULICATELLA PARAADIACENS; GRANULICATELLA; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; IMMUNE STATUS; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 33750080430     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2006.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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