Staphylokinase production by clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-102

  Wiȩckowska Szakiel, Marzena ^a   Sadowska, Beata ^a   Rózalska, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Staphylococcus aureus clinical strains; Staphylokinase (SAK); Virulence

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOKINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SKIN DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34447536406     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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