The presence of Staphylococcus aureus is not equivalent to an immune reaction to it's enterotoxins: Letter to the editor

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 959-960

  Corriveau, M N ^a   Zhang, N ^a   Bachert, C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 5; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; NOSE MUCUS; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; NASAL POLYPS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 65549113445     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02031.x     Document Type: Letter

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