Protection against endocarditis due to Staphylococcus epidermidis by immunization with capsular polysaccharide/adhesin.
- 1 December 1991
- journal article
- abstracts
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 84 (6), 2539-2546
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.84.6.2539
Abstract
BACKGROUNDStaphylococcus epidermidis is the principal pathogen in prosthetic valve endocarditis. The capsular polysaccharide adhesin (PS/A) has been shown to mediate attachment of bacteria to medic...Keywords
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