Article
Role of certain virulence factors in a murine model of Staphylococcus aureus arthritis.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Mar 1997
Gemmell C G, Goutcher S C, Reid R, Sturrock R D
Abstract excerpt
The susceptibility of male Swiss white mice (MF1) to Staphylococcus aureus-induced arthritis was investigated with wild-type strain allelic replacement mutants. Comparison was made with a known mouse arthritogenic strain. The development and severity of arthritis were dependent both on the number...
Topics
- Animals
- Arthritis, Infectious
- Bacterial Toxins
- Coagulase
- Disease Models, Animal
- Hemolysin Proteins
- Joints
- Male
- Mice
- Mutation
- Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcal Protein A
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Synovial Membrane
- Virulence
