Clinical manifestations of staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome depend on serotypes of exfoliative toxins

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1890-1893

  Yamasaki, Osamu ^a   Yamaguchi, Takayuki ^b   Sugai, Motoyuki ^b   Chapuis Cellier, Colette ^c   Arnaud, François ^a   Vandenesch, François ^a   Etienne, Jerome ^a   Lina, Gerard ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXFOLIATIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETA GENE; ETB GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPETIGO BULLOSA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXFOLIATINS; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 16844387288     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.1890-1893.2005     Document Type: Article

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