Platelet activation and biofilm formation by Aerococcus urinae, an endocarditis-causing pathogen

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4268-4275

  Shannon, Oonagh ^a   Mörgelin, Matthias ^a   Rasmussen, Magnus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; COMPSTATIN; FC RECEPTOR IIA; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROCOCCUS; AEROCOCCUS URINAE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

AEROCOCCUS; BIOFILMS; BLOOD PLATELETS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLASMA; PLATELET ACTIVATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77957737495     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00469-10     Document Type: Article

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