Unusually high prevalence of nosocomial panton-valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates in cape verde islands

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3790-3793

  Aires de Sousa, M ^a   Conceicao T ^a   De Lencastre, H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAPE VERDE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AFRICA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CROSS INFECTION; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34147102133     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01192-06     Document Type: Article

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