Presence and molecular epidemiology of virulence factors in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains colonizing and infecting soldiers

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 940-945

  Ellis, Michael W ^a,c   Griffith, Matthew E ^a   Jorgensen, James H ^b   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a   Mende, Katrin ^b   Patterson, Jan E ^b,c,d  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE CASSETTE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOLDIER; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ABSCESS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER STATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EXOTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NOSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 65249163306     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02352-08     Document Type: Article

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