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Phenotypic characterization of Streptococcus sanguis virulence factors associated with bacterial endocarditis.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 1990
Herzberg M C, Gong K, MacFarlane G D, Erickson P R, Soberay A H, Krebsbach P H, Manjula G, Schilling K, Bowen W H
Abstract excerpt
Certain strains of Streptococcus sanguis adhere (Adh+) selectively to human platelets and, in plasma, induce them to aggregate (Agg+) into in vitro thrombi. In this study, we examined 18 recent endocarditis and dental plaque isolates of microorganisms that were biotyped as S. sanguis for coexpression of platelet interactivity phenotypes with another possible virulence factor in bacterial endocarditis, dextran...
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