Comparison of genotypes and enterotoxin genes between Staphylococcus aureus isolates from blood and nasal colonizers in a Korean hospital

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 585-591

  Peck, Kyong Ran ^a   Baek, Jin Yang ^b   Song, Jae Hoon ^a,b   Ko, Kwan Soo ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Enterotoxin genes; Nasal carriage; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; ENTEROTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KOREA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70350728924     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2009.24.4.585     Document Type: Article

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