Staphylococcus aureus throat carriage is associated with ABO-/secretor status

Journal of Infection

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 310-317

  Nurjadi, Dennis ^a   Lependu, Jacques ^b,c,d   Kremsner, Peter G ^a   Zanger, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

ABO blood group; Colonization; Epidemiology; Epistasis; Genetics; Host factors; Innate immunity; Interaction; Lewis blood group; Nose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PHARYNX; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROAT; THROAT CULTURE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; NOSE; PHARYNX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865973580     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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