Molecular detection of enterotoxins E, G, H and I in Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from clinical samples of newborns in Brazil

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 749-762

  Vasconcelos, N G ^a   Pereira, V C ^a   Araujo Junior J P ^a   da Cunha, Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Detection; Gene expression; Staphylococci; Toxigenicity; Toxins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; SEEBECK EFFECT;

DETECTION; ENTEROTOXINS; EPIDERMIDIS; GENES EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TOXIGENIC; TOXIGENICITY; TOXIN;

GENE EXPRESSION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN;

BACTERIUM; CHILD HEALTH; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEONATE; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXICOLOGY; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; GENE FREQUENCY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

BRAZIL;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 80051689496     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05076.x     Document Type: Article

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