Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus strains in an Australian cohort, 1989-2003: Evidence for the low prevalence of the toxic shock toxin and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1183-1189

  Schlebusch, S ^a   Schooneveldt, J M ^a   Huygens, F ^b   Nimmo, G R ^a,c  

^a Central Queensland Pathology Laboratory   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CNA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PT181 GENE; PUB110 GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SDRE GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EXOTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 70349653986     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0761-1     Document Type: Article

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