Detection and toxin production of staphylococcus aureus in sudden infant death cases in Hungary

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-141

  Csukás, Zsuzsanna ^a   Töro, Klára ^b   Jankovics, I ^c   Rozgonyi, F ^a   Sotonyi P ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Johan Béla National Epidemiological Center   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bacterial toxin production; Staphylococcus aureus; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN F, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; SUPERANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT; MALE; PHARYNX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 0035227503     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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