Two distinct coagulase-dependent barriers protect Staphylococcus aureus from neutrophils in a three dimensional in vitro infection model

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Guggenberger, Christoph ^a   Wolz, Christiane ^b   Morrissey, Julie A ^c   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGATROBAN; COAGULASE; FIBRIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROCOLONY ASSOCIATED MESHWORK; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COAGULASE; FIBRIN; IMMUNE EVASION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUTROPHILS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84857499436     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002434     Document Type: Article

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