Host Factors Selectively Increase Staphylococcal Adherence on Inserted Catheters: A Role for Fibronectin and Fibrinogen or Fibrin

A Semiquantitative Culture Method for Identifying Intravenous-Catheter-Related Infection

1977 • 2,067 citations

Adherence of slime-producing strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis to smooth surfaces

1982 • 1,412 citations

The Bacterial Glycocalyx in Nature and Disease

1981 • 1,060 citations

Adherence and Growth of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci on Surfaces of Intravenous Catheters

1982 • 571 citations

Fibronectin, Fibrinogen, and Laminin Act as Mediators of Adherence of Clinical Staphylococcal Isolates to Foreign Material

1988 • 522 citations

Fibronectin binds to Staphylococcus aureus

1978 • 458 citations

Fibrin Sleeve Formation on Indwelling Subclavian Central Venous Catheters

1971 • 370 citations

Fibroblast adhesion to fibrinogen and fibrin substrata: Requirement for cold-insoluble globulin (plasma fibronectin)

1980 • 355 citations

Nosocomial Septicemia Due to Multiply Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis

1982 • 330 citations

Scanning and transmission electron microscopy of in situ bacterial colonization of intravenous and intraarterial catheters

1984 • 329 citations

Binding and Factor XIII _a -Mediated Cross-Linking of a 27-Kilodalton Fragment of Fibronectin to Staphylococcus aureus

1980 • 291 citations

Presence of Laminin Receptors in Staphylococcus aureus

1985 • 271 citations

EFFECT OF EXTRACELLULAR SLIME SUBSTANCE FROM STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS ON THE HUMAN CELLULAR IMMUNE RESPONSE

1984 • 270 citations

Cloning and expression of the gene for a fibronectin-binding protein from Staphylococcus aureus.

1987 • 255 citations

Interference with granulocyte function by Staphylococcus epidermidis slime

1986 • 249 citations

Staphylococcus epidermidis Infections

1983 • 226 citations

Association of slime with pathogenicity of coagulase-negative staphylococci causing nosocomial septicemia

1985 • 204 citations

AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CATHETERS

1983 • 200 citations

Fibronectin binding to Staphylococcus aureus.

1982 • 190 citations

Isolation and characterization of a fibronectin receptor from Staphylococcus aureus.

1987 • 183 citations

Attachment of staphylococci and streptococci on fibronectin, fibronectin fragments, and fibrinogen bound to a solid phase

1985 • 171 citations

Foreign Body Infection: Role of Fibronectin as a Ligand for the Adherence of Staphylococcus aureus

1984 • 157 citations

Fibronectin receptors from Staphylococcus aureus.

1983 • 156 citations

Adsorption of fibronectin onto polymethylmethacrylate and promotion of Staphylococcus aureus adherence

1984 • 156 citations

Bacterial adherence to fibronectin and endothelial cells: a possible mechanism for bacterial tissue tropism.

1984 • 153 citations

Identification of a region of human fibrinogen interacting with staphylococcal clumping factor

1982 • 135 citations

Scanning electron microscopy of bacteria adherent to intravascular catheters

1984 • 130 citations

Infections Associated with intravascular lines

1982 • 127 citations

Binding of fibronectin to Staphylococcus strains

1983 • 118 citations

INFLUENCE OF BACTERIAL ADHERENCE TO INTRAVASCULAR CATHETERS ON IN-VITRO ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY

1985 • 116 citations

Binding sites for streptococci and staphylococci in fibronectin

1984 • 113 citations

Specific attachment of Staphylococcus aureus to immobilized fibronectin

1986 • 102 citations

Microbial Adhesion to Fibronectin in Vitro Correlates with Production of Endocarditis in Rabbits

1985 • 98 citations

Venous catheter-associated candidemia

1978 • 95 citations

Adherent microorganisms on lumenal surfaces of long-term intravenous catheters. Importance of Staphylococcus epidermidis in patients with cancer.

1986 • 86 citations

Comparative Culture Methods on 101 Intravenous Catheters

1983 • 84 citations

Fibronectin-induced agglutination of Staphylococcus aureus correlates with invasiveness.

1984 • 72 citations

Effect of fibronectin on adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to fibrin thrombi in vitro

1985 • 72 citations

The development of fibrin sheath on indwelling venous catheters.

1973 • 67 citations

Biochemical Properties of Fibrinogen Binding Protein (Clumping Factor) of the Staphylococcal Cell Surface

1986 • 24 citations

Interactions of Immunoglobulin G, Fibrinogen and Fibronectin with Staphylococcus hyicus and Staphylococcus intermedius

1985 • 16 citations

Monosaccharide Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus Adherence to Human Solid-Phase Fibronectin

1987 • 13 citations

Quantitative determination of fibrin and fibrinogen in biological material.

1980 • 5 citations