Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in a laboratory quality control strain of Staphylococcus aureus [1]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 287-

  Dunne Jr , W Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA EXTRACTION; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; EXOTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; LEUKOCIDINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

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

EID: 30744469642     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.1.287.2006     Document Type: Letter

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