The 'Oxford Staphylococcus': A note of caution [3]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 480-481

  Kearns, Angela M ^a   Ganner, Mark ^a   Holmes, Anne ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic control strain; Panton Valentine leucocidin; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE; CYTOKINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN G;

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MATERIALS HANDLING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAFETY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33748028806     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl230     Document Type: Letter

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