Staphylococcus aureus Rbf activates biofilm formation in vitro and promotes virulence in a murine foreign body infection model

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 335-340

  Luong, Thanh T ^a   Lei, Mei G ^a   Lee, Chia Y ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RBF GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENE DOSAGE; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 58449108919     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00872-08     Document Type: Article

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