Biofilm formation and prevalence of lukF- pv, seb, sec and tst genes among hospital- and community-acquired isolates of some international methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-207

  Souza, R R ^a   Coelho, L R ^a   Botelho, A M N ^a   Ribeiro, A ^a   Rito, P N ^b   Vieira, V V ^b   Teixeira, L A ^c   Ferreira Carvalho, B T ^a   Figueiredo, A M S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b National Institute for Quality Control in Health   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofilm; MRSA; MSSA; PVL; S. aureus; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; POLYSTYRENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN C; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTAMT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 62149136704     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02118.x     Document Type: Article

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