Prevalence and sequence variation of panton-valentine leukocidin in methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains in the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-90

  Brown, Megan L ^a   O'Hara, F Patrick ^a   Close, Nicole M ^a   Mera, Robertino M ^a   Miller, Linda A ^a   Suaya, Jose A ^a   Amrine Madsen, Heather ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; HISTIDINE; METICILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LUKSF-PV GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84555196154     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05564-11     Document Type: Article

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