Population structure and exotoxin gene content of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from Spanish healthy carriers

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-33

  Argudín, M Angeles ^a,c   Argumosa, Virginia ^a   Mendoza, M Carmen ^a   Guerra, Beatriz ^b   Rodicio, M Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agr typing; Clonal complexes; MLST; PFGE; Spa typing; Toxin genes

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOTOXIN GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPAIN;

CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXOTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84871166819     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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