Article
Transposon mutants of Staphylococcus epidermidis deficient in elaboration of capsular polysaccharide/adhesin and slime are avirulent in a rabbit model of endocarditis.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 May 1994
Shiro H, Muller E, Gutierrez N, Boisot S, Grout M, Tosteson T D, Goldmann D, Pier G B
Abstract excerpt
Virulence comparisons were made in a rabbit model of endocarditis between wild-type and transposon mutants of Staphylococcus epidermidis deficient in elaboration of the capsular polysaccharide/adhesin (PS/A) and slime. The parental phenotype grew from 36 (61%) of 59 cultures of blood. The PS/A-ne...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Complement Activation
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Endocarditis
- Humans
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Phenotype
- Polysaccharides, Bacterial
- Rabbits
- Staphylococcus epidermidis
- Virulence