Enterotoxin B is the predominant toxin involved in staphylococcal scarlet fever in Taiwan

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1498-1502

  Wang, Chih Chien ^a   Lo, Wen Tsung ^a   Hsu, Chen Fang ^b   Chu, Mong Ling ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Kaohsiung Armed Force General Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCARLET FEVER; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCARLET FEVER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 2442684023     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/392501     Document Type: Review

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