Exotoxin-encoding gene content in community-acquired and hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1139-1145

  Fossum Moen, A E ^a,c   Saltyte Benth J ^b,c   Alm Kristiansen, K ^a   Bukholm, G ^a  

^a Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Molecular Biology (Epi Gen)   (Norway)

^b Research Centre   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cluster; MLST; MRSA; Norway; Spa; Toxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; PROTEIN SCCMEC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70649083888     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02745.x     Document Type: Article

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