Staphylococcus aureus leucocidin ED contributes to systemic infection by targeting neutrophils and promoting bacterial growth in vivo

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 423-435

  Alonzo III, Francis ^a   Benson, Meredith A ^a   Chen, John ^a   Novick, Richard P ^a   Shopsin, Bo ^a   Torres, Victor J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCIDIN; LEUKOCIDIN ED; LEUKOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; LUKED GENE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TARGET CELL; TROPISM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXOTOXINS; GENE DELETION; MICE; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; MUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84855808422     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07942.x     Document Type: Article

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