A coagulase- and α-glucosidase-negative variant of Staphylococcus aureus: A challenge for routine microbiological diagnostics

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1827-1828

  Johler, S ^a   Moser, M ^b   Engl, C ^a   Tasara, T ^b   Corti, S ^b   Chen, J ^a   Stephan, R ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DNA MICROARRAY; HEMOLYSIS; LETTER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; STOP CODON;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; COAGULASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84860012533     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06345-11     Document Type: Letter

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