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SUBMITTER: Takemiya K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7920357 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takemiya Kiyoko K Røise Joachim J JJ He Maomao M Taing Chung C Rodriguez Alexander G AG Murthy Niren N Goodman Mark M MM Taylor W Robert WR
PloS one 20210301 3
Infectious endocarditis is a life-threatening disease, and diagnostics are urgently needed to accurately diagnose this disease especially in the case of prosthetic valve endocarditis. We show here that maltohexaose conjugated to indocyanine green (MH-ICG) can detect Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infection in a rat model of infective endocarditis. The affinity of MH-ICG to S. aureus was determined and had a Km and Vmax of 5.4 μM and 3.0 X 10-6 μmol/minutes/108 CFU, respectively. MH-ICG had no ...[more]