Investigation of toxin genes among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a tertiary hospital in Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-219

  Lim, K T ^a   Hanifah, Y A ^a   Mohd Yusof, M Y ^a   Thong, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; COAGULASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COAGULASE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84866307405     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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