Enterococcal virulence determinants may be involved in resistance to clinical therapy

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-65

  Marra, Andrea ^a   Dib Hajj, Fadia ^a   Lamb, Lucinda ^a   Kaczmarek, Frank ^a   Shang, Wenchi ^a   Beckius, Gretchen ^a   Milici, Anthony J ^a   Medina, Ivette ^a   Gootz, Thomas D ^a  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis therapy; Enterococcal infection

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GELATINASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GELATINASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 34247847759     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.11.024     Document Type: Article

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