Leucotoxic activities of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from cows, ewes, and goats with mastitis: Importance of LukM/LukF′-PV leukotoxin

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 272-277

  Rainard, Pascal ^a   Corrales, Juan Carlos ^b   Barrio, M Belén ^a   Cochard, Thierry ^a   Poutrel, Bernard ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Campus de Espinardo   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOTOXIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PROTEIN LUKF' PV; PROTEIN LUKM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOVIDS; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; GOAT; MASTITIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SHEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERNATANT;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TITRIMETRY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037341574     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.10.2.272-277.2003     Document Type: Article

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