Toxin gene content of the Lyon methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone compared with that of other pandemic clones

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2642-2644

  Ferry, Tristan ^a   Bes, Michèle ^a   Dauwalder, Olivier ^a   Meugnier, Hélène ^a   Lina, Gerard ^a   Forey, Françoise ^a   Vandenesch, François ^a   Etienne, Jerome ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; SUPERANTIGEN; TOBRAMYCIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGC GENE; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROTOXINS; FRANCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33746211132     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00430-06     Document Type: Article

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