A Caenorhabditis elegans host model correlates with invasive disease caused by Staphylococcus aureus recovered during an outbreak in neonatal intensive care

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 130-134

  Wu, Kaiyu ^a   Simor, Andrew E ^b   Vearncombe, Mary ^b   McClure, Jo Ann ^a   Zhang, Kunyan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Double blinded test; Methicillin suseptible Staphylococcus aureus outbreak; MSSA; Neonatal intensive care unit; NICU; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence host model

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EPIDEMIC; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 84866753985     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/543817     Document Type: Article

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