Toxigenicity of staphylococcus aureus isolates from Northern Palestine

Emirates Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-129

  Adwan, Ghaleb Mohammad ^a   Abu Shanab, Bassam Ali ^a   Adwan, Kamel Mohammad ^a   Jarrar, N Rushdi ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Enterotoxigenic S aureus; Palestine; SEs; Staphylococcal enterotoxins

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN C;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PALESTINE; PATHOGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 33749456341     PISSN: 02506882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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