Virulence factors and genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus from infection and carriage in Gabon

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1507-1513

  Schaumburg, F ^a,b   Ngoa, U Ateba ^b,c   Kosters K ^b,d   Kock R ^a   Adegnika, A A ^b,c   Kremsner, P G ^b,c   Lell, B ^b,c   Peters, G ^a   Mellmann, A ^a   Becker, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d HELIOS Clinic Krefeld   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carriage; Infection; Panton Valentine leukocidin; Staphylococcus aureus; Typing; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; EPIDERMAL CELL DIFFERENTIATION INHIBITOR; EXFOLIATIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GABON; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80053050509     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03534.x     Document Type: Article

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