Molecular mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus nasopharyngeal colonization

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Edwards, A M ^a   Massey, R C ^a   Clarke, S R ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carriage; Colonization; Persistence; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CLFB PROTEIN; FNBPA PROTEIN; IRON REGULATED SURFACE DETERMINANT PROTEIN A; MPRF PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WALL TEICHOIC ACID PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SINUSITIS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INVASION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; QUORUM SENSING; RECURRENT INFECTION; REINFECTION; REVIEW; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TONSILLITIS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE; PROTEIN BINDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84855743230     PISSN: 20411006     EISSN: 20411014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-1014.2011.00628.x     Document Type: Review

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