Survey of genes encoding staphylococcal enterotoxins, toxic shock syndrome toxin 1, and exfoliative toxins in members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4875-4876

  Dakić, Ivana ^a   Vuković, Dragana ^a   Stepanović, Srdjan ^a   Hauschild, Tomasz ^b   Ježek, Petr ^c   Petráš, Petr ^d   Morrison, Donald ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^c Regional Hospital P íbram   (Czech Republic)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^e STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXFOLIATIN; EXOTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ETA GENE; ETB GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA GENE; SEE GENE; SEG GENE; SEH GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TST GENE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; EXFOLIATINS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI;

EID: 24744448214     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4875-4876.2005     Document Type: Article

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