Functional variation reflects intra-strain diversity of Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants in the host-pathogen interaction

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 61-69

  Hilmi, Dina ^a   Parcina, Marijo ^a,b   Bode, Konrad ^a   Ostrop, Jenny ^a   Schuett, Sabine ^a   Heeg, Klaus ^a   Ziebuhr, Wilma ^c   Sommerburg, Olaf ^a   Bekeredjian Ding, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Intrastrain variability; Protein A; Small colony variants; Staphylococcus aureus; TLR2

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; PROTEIN A; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REMISSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84875365631     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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