Persistence of Staphylococcus aureus L-form during experimental lung infection in rats

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-97

  Michailova, Lilia ^a   Kussovsky, Vesselin ^a   Radoucheva, Tatyana ^a   Jordanova, Mimi ^a   Markova, Nadya ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; L forms; Lung infection; Persistence; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; INOCULATION; LUNG INFECTION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; L FORMS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RATTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33846650592     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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