An exfoliative toxin A-converting phage isolated from Staphylococcus aureus strain ZM

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 189-191

  Yoshizawa, Yukio ^a   Sakurada, Junji ^a   Sakurai, Susumu ^b   Machida, Katsuhiko ^a   Kondo, Isamu ^a   Masuda, Shogo ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kohno Clinical Medicine Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exfoliative toxin; Phage conversion; Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXFOLIATIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0034109363     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2000.tb02481.x     Document Type: Article

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