Molecular typing of exfoliative toxin-producing Staphylococcus aureus strains involved in epidermolytic infections

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 292, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 541-545

  Růžičková, Vladislava ^a   Pantůček, Roman ^a   Petráš, Petr ^b   Doškař, Jiří ^a   Sedláček, Ivo ^a   Rosypal, Stanislav ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Exfoliative toxins; PCR; PFGE; Prophages; Ribotyping; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN C; EXFOLIATIN; EXFOLIATIVE TOXIN A; EXFOLIATIVE TOXIN B; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EPIDERMOLYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PEMPHIGUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN SECRETION; RIBOTYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036488815     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00225     Document Type: Article

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