Differentiation and distribution of three types of exfoliative toxin produced by Staphylococcus hyicus from pigs with exudative epidermitis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 301-310

  Andresen, Lars Ole ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antigenic diversity; Autogenous vaccine; Exfoliative epidermitis; Staphylococcus hyicus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXFOLIATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXUDATE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SWINE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; EPIDERMITIS, EXUDATIVE, OF SWINE; EXFOLIATINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SWINE;

EID: 0031967406     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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