Molecular distinctions exist between community-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus colonization and disease-associated isolates in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 418-421

  Thomsen, Isaac ^a   McKenna, Brian D ^a   Saye, Elizabeth J ^a   Jimenez, Natalia ^a   Edwards, Kathryn M ^a   Creech, C Buddy ^a  

^a MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

aureus; CA MRSA; colonization; molecular epidemiology; MRSA; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; LANTIBIOTIC; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REGULATOR GENE;

EID: 79954797694     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31820d7fd5     Document Type: Article

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