Analysis of the genotype and virulence of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates from patients with infective endocarditis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5127-5132

  Monk, Alastair B ^a   Boundy, Sam ^a   Chu, Vivian H ^b   Bettinger, Jill C ^a   Robles, Jaime R ^a   Fowler Jr , Vance G ^b   Archer, Gordon L ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OXACILLIN; POLY BETA (1,6)N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BLOOD CULTURE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 55849111861     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00606-08     Document Type: Article

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