Comparison of the prevalence of genes coding for enterotoxins, exfoliatins, Panton-Valentine leukocidin and TSST-1 between methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible isolates of Staphylococcus Aureus at the University Hospital in Olomouc

Biomedical Papers

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-218

  Sila, Jaromir ^a   Sauer, Pavel ^a   Kolar, Milan ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

MRSA; Real time PCR; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN F, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; EXFOLIATIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENTEROTOXINS; EXFOLIATINS; EXOTOXINS; GENE FREQUENCY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 70349987118     PISSN: 12138118     EISSN: 12138118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/bp.2009.036     Document Type: Article

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