Virulent combinations of adhesin and toxin genes in natural populations of Staphylococcus aureus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 4987-4996

  Peacock, Sharon J ^a   Moore, Catrin E ^a   Justice, Anita ^a   Kantzanou, Maria ^a   Story, Lisa ^a   Mackie, Kathryn ^a   O'Neill, Gael ^a   Day, Nicholas P J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLONOGENESIS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ALLELES; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036718055     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.4987-4996.2002     Document Type: Article

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