Detection of enterotoxin DNA in Staphylococcus aureus strains obtained from the middle meatus in controls and nasal polyp patients

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-227

  Van Zele, Thibaut ^a,b   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^b   Holtappels, Gabriele ^a   Gevaert, Philippe ^a   Van Cauwenberge, P ^a   Bachert, Claus ^a  

^a URL Upper Airway Research Laboratory   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; Enterotoxin; Nasal polyposis; PCR; Staphylococcus aureus; Superantigen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN C; SUPERANTIGEN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE POLYP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL POLYPS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 45749110987     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3161     Document Type: Article

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