Involvement of enterotoxins G and I in staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome and staphylococcal scarlet fever

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2446-2449

  Jarraud, Sophie ^a   Cozon, Grégoire ^b   Vandenesch, François ^a   Bes, Michèle ^a   Etienne, Jerome ^a   Lina, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN G; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCARLET FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032810029     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2446-2449.1999     Document Type: Article

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