Enterococcal surface protein transiently aggravates enterococcus faecium-induced urinary tract infection in mice

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 200, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1162-1165

  Lesndertse, Masja ^a,b   Heikens, Esther ^b   Wijnands, Lucas M ^c   Van Luit Asbroek, Miranda ^b   Tasks, Gwendoline J D ^a   Roelofs, Joris J T H ^a   Bonten, Marc J M ^b   Van Der Poll, Tom ^a   Willems, Rob J L ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ENTEROCOCCAL SURFACE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 70349315345     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605609     Document Type: Article

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