Detection of Multiple Superantigen Genes in Stools of Patients with Kawasaki Disease

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-270

  Suenaga, Tomohiro ^a   Suzuki, Hiroyuki ^a   Shibuta, Shoichi ^a   Takeuchi, Takashi ^a   Yoshikawa, Norishige ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTESTINE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; EXOTOXINS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 67651091554     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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