Capsule expression and genotypic differences among Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients with chronic or acute osteomyelitis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1968-1975

  Lattar, Santiago M ^a   Tuchscherr, Lorena P N ^b   Caccuri, Roberto L ^a,c   Centrón, Daniela ^a,c   Becker, Karsten ^b   Alonso, Claudio A ^d   Barberis, Claudia ^d   Miranda, Graciela ^e   Buzzola, Fernanda R ^a,c   Von Eiff, Christof ^b   Sordelli, Daniel O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^e Policlinico Bancario   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; BETA HEMOLYSIN; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449187956     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01214-08     Document Type: Article

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