Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes and staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec types amongst Finnish community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains, 1997-1999

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 729-733

  Karden Lilja M ^a   Ibrahem, S ^a   Vuopio Varkila, J ^a   Salmenlinna, S ^a,b   Lyytikainen O ^a   Siira, L ^a   Virolainen, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34548503199     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0334-0     Document Type: Article

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