Systemic Staphylococcus aureus infection mediated by Candida albicans hyphal invasion of mucosal tissue

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 168-181

  Schlecht, Lisa Marie ^a,b   Peters, Brian M ^b,c   Krom, Bastiaan P ^d   Freiberg, Jeffrey A ^b,c   Hänsch, Gertrud M ^e   Filler, Scott G ^f   Jabra Rizk, Mary Ann ^b,g   Shirtliff, Mark E ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

D.p.i; Days post inoculation; Peptide nucleic acid fluorescent in situ hybridization; PNA FISH; Trypticase soy broth; TSB

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME LAPSE IMAGING;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84979862086     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.083485-0     Document Type: Article

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