Staphylococcus aureus-induced clotting of plasma is an immune evasion mechanism for persistence within the fibrin network

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 621-627

  Loof, Torsten G ^a,b   Goldmann, Oliver ^b   Naudin, Clément ^a   Mörgelin, Matthias ^a   Neumann, Yvonne ^b,c   Pils, Marina C ^b   Foster, Simon J ^d   Medina, Eva ^b   Herwald, Heiko ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; FIBRINOPEPTIDE A; THROMBIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COAGULASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CLOTTING; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE EVASION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CBA MOUSE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD COAGULATION; COAGULASE; FIBRIN; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84923610968     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000019     Document Type: Article

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