Comparative prevalence of superantigenic toxin genes in meticillin-resistant and meticillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1106-1112

  Hu, Dong Liang ^a   Omoe, Katsuhiko ^b   Inoue, Fumio ^c   Kasai, Takesi ^c   Yasujima, Minoru ^a,c   Shinagawa, Kunihiro ^b   Nakane, Akio ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 51149091034     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/002790-0     Document Type: Article

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