Genetic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in Bangladesh

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 393-396

  Afroz, Sadia ^a   Kobayashi, Nobumichi ^b   Nagashima, Shigeo ^b   Alam, M Mahbub ^b   Bayezid Hossain, A B M ^a   Rahman, M Abdur ^a   Islam, M Rafiqul ^a   Lutfor, Afzalunnessa Binte ^a   Muazzam, Naima ^c   Khan, M Abul Hossain ^d   Paul, Shyamal Kumar ^d   Shamsuzzaman, A K M ^d   Mahmud, M Chan ^d   Musa, A K M ^d   Hossain, M Akram ^d  

^a SIR SALIMULLAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^d MYMENSINGH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COAGULASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BANGLADESH; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BANGLADESH; CARRIER STATE; COAGULASE; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 54449097500     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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