The cotton rat as a model for Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in humans: Cotton Rat S. aureus Nasal Colonization Model

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 431, Issue , 2007, Pages 241-254

  Kokai Kun, John F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Animal model; Cotton rat; Nasal colonization; Staphylococcus aureus; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; NOSE; RATS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SIGMODON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 40549111316     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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