Prevalence of producers of enterotoxins and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 among Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from atopic dermatitis lesions

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 288, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 418-420

  Akiyama, Hisanori ^a   Toi, Yoichiro ^a   Kanzaki, Hiroko ^a   Tada, Joji ^a   Arata, Jirô ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Staphylococcus aureus; Superantigenic exotoxins

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; EXUDATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

EID: 0030035232     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02507115     Document Type: Article

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