Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis: distinct mechanisms of bacterial adhesion to damaged and inflamed heart valves.

Liesenborghs, Laurens

Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis: distinct mechanisms of bacterial adhesion to damaged and inflamed heart valves. [electronic resource] - European heart journal 10 2019 - 3248-3259 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1522-9645

10.1093/eurheartj/ehz175 doi


Animals
Aortic Valve--injuries
Bacterial Adhesion
Blood Platelets
Coagulase--metabolism
Disease Models, Animal
Endocarditis, Bacterial--metabolism
Endothelium--metabolism
Female
Fibrin--metabolism
Inflammation--complications
Male
Mice
Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins--metabolism
Staphylococcal Infections--complications
Staphylococcus aureus--metabolism
von Willebrand Factor--genetics