Comparison of adhesion and virulence of two predominant hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones and clonal methicillin-susceptible S. aureus isolates

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5133-5138

  Karauzum, Hatice ^a   Ferry, Tristan ^b,c   De Bentzmann, Sophie ^d   Lina, Gérard ^b,c   Bes, Michèle ^b,c   Vandenesch, François ^b,c   Schmaler, Mathias ^a   Berger Bächi, Brigitte ^e   Etienne, Jerome ^b,c   Landmann, Regine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; METICILLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CLONE CELLS; CROSS INFECTION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUNG; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICE; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 55849127400     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01697-07     Document Type: Article

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