An outbreak of neonatal toxic shock syndrome-like exanthematous disease (NTED) caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a neonatal intensive care unit

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 277-284

  Nakano, Miyo ^a   Miyazawa, Hirofumi ^d   Kawano, Yasushi ^a   Kawagishi, Mika ^a,c   Torii, Keizo ^a   Hasegawa, Tadao ^a   Iinuma, Yoshitsugu ^a,b   Ohta, Michio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exanthematous disease; High resolution two dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2 DE); MRSA infection; Protein expression; Superantigen

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN C; SUPERANTIGEN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEONATAL TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME LIKE EXANTHEMATOUS DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

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

EID: 0036235439     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02696.x     Document Type: Article

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