Superantigen gene profiles and presence of exfoliative toxin genes in community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from Chinese children

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-45

  Wu, Dejing ^a   Li, Xiangmei ^a   Yang, Yonghong ^a   Zheng, Yaojie ^b   Wang, Chuanqing ^c   Deng, Li ^d   Liu, Lan ^e   Li, Changcong ^f   Shang, Yunxiao ^g   Zhao, Changan ^h   Yu, Sangjie ^a   Shen, Xuzhuang ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Guangzhou Children's Hospital   (China)

^e Chongqing Children's Hospital   (China)

^f WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g Shenyang Shengjing Hospital   (China)

^h Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Guangdong Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXFOLIATIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ISOLATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXFOLIATINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUPERANTIGENS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 78650829696     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.023465-0     Document Type: Article

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