Intracellular persisting Staphylococcus aureus is the major pathogen in recurrent tonsillitis

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Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Zautner, Andreas E ^a   Krause, Merit ^b   Stropahl, Gerhard ^c   Holtfreter, Silva ^d   Frickmann, Hagen ^a   Maletzki, Claudia ^a   Kreikemeyer, Bernd ^a   Pau, Hans Wilhelm ^b   Podbielski, Andreas ^a  

^a Institute of Medical Microbiology Virology and Hygiene   (Germany)

^b Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (Germany)

^c ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN SPA; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHIONINE DERIVATIVE; METHIONYLSERYLCYSTEINYLARGINYLALANYLMETHIONYLMETHIONINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CELL INVASION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRIC INVASION ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSIL; TONSIL CELL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; ABSCESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEAL DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949700513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009452     Document Type: Article

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