Interactions between endocarditis-derived <it>Streptococcus gallolyticus </it>subsp. <it>gallolyticus </it>isolates and human endothelial cells

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Streptococcus gallolyticus </it>subsp. <it>gallolyticus </it>is an important causative agent of infective endocarditis (IE) but the knowledge on virulence factors is limited and the pathogenesis of the inf...

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Main Authors: Dreier Jens, Kleesiek Knut, Hinse Dennis, Vollmer Tanja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/78