mgrA regulates staphylococcal virulence important for induction and progression of septic arthritis and sepsis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 12-13, 2008, Pages 1229-1235

  Jonsson, Ing Marie ^a   Lindholm, Catharina ^a   Luong, Thanh T ^b   Lee, Chia Y ^b   Tarkowski, Andrej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; mgrA; Sepsis; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 54849416961     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.07.026     Document Type: Article

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