Panton-Valentine leukocidin-encoding bacteriophage and gene sequence variation in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-73

  Otter, J A ^a   Kearns, A M ^b   French, G L ^a   Ellington, M J ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; CA MRSA; Phage; PVL; Sequence variation

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 71849088410     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02925.x     Document Type: Article

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