Pathogenesis of MRSA Infections

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 774-779

  Decker, Catherine F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 55249092452     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2008.09.003     Document Type: Review

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