Characteristics and virulence factors of livestock associated ST9 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with a novel recombinant staphylocoagulase type

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 2-4, 2013, Pages 779-784

  Wan, Min Tao ^a   Lauderdale, Tsai Ling ^b   Chou, Chin Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enterotoxin; MRSA; ST9; Staphylocoagulase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; GENOMIC DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COAGULASE; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84872489436     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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