Skin microflora and bacterial infections of the skin

Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 170-174

  Chiller, Katarina ^a   Selkin, Bryan A ^b   Murakawa, George J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Commensals; Epidermal, dermal, follicular, and subcutaneous infections; Superantigens; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

HUMANS; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035756147     PISSN: 10870024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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