Bullous impetigo in children infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus alone or in combination with methicillin-susceptible S. aureus: Analysis of genetic characteristics, including assessment of exfoliative toxin gene carriage

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1972-1974

  Shi, Da ^a   Higuchi, Wataru ^a   Takano, Tomomi ^a   Saito, Kohei ^a   Ozaki, Kyoko ^a   Takano, Misao ^a   Nitahara, Yoshiyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXFOLIATIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COLLAGEN ADHESIN GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETA GENE; ETB GENE; ETD GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMPETIGO BULLOSA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MIXED INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXFOLIATINS; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; INFANT; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79955549905     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01742-10     Document Type: Article

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