Staphylococcal exanthematous disease in a newborn due to a virulent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain containing the TSST-1 gene in Europe: An alert for neonatologists

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4883-4884

  Van der Mee Marquet, Nathalie ^a   Lina, Gérard ^b   Quentin, Roland ^a   Yaouanc Lapalle, Hélène ^a   Fièvre, Christine ^a   Takahashi, Naoto ^c   Etienne, Jerome ^b  

^a SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CASE REPORT; EUROPE; FRANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; EUROPE; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NEONATOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0141958156     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4883-4884.2003     Document Type: Article

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