Screening of molecular virulence markers in Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from clinical infections

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5273-5291

  Cotar, Ani Ioana ^a   Chifiriuc, Mariana Carmen ^b   Dinu, Sorin ^a   Bucur, Marcela ^b   Iordache, Carmen ^a   Banu, Otilia ^c   Dracea, Olguta ^a   Larion, Cristina ^a   Lazar, Veronica ^b  

^a National Institute for Research in Microbiology and Immunology   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases Prof CC Iliescu   (Romania)

Author keywords

Invasive infections; Molecular markers; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMYLASE; BETA HEMOLYSIN; CLUMPING FACTOR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; HEMOLYSIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALGD GENE; APRA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BBP GENE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CLFA GENE; CLFB GENE; CNA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBPS GENE; FIB GENE; FNBA GENE; FNBB GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HLG GENE; LASB GENE; LUK PV GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLCH GENE; PLCN GENE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHLAB GENE; SEA GENE; SEB GENE; SEC GENE; SED GENE; SEE GENE; SPUTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND FLUID; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 78650971094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms11125273     Document Type: Article

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