Phenotyping of Staphylococcus aureus reveals a new virulent ST398 lineage

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 279-285

  Schmidt, T ^a   Zundorf J ^a   Gruger T ^a   Brandenburg, K ^a   Reiners, A L ^a   Zinserling, J ^b   Witte, W ^c   Schnitzler, N ^a,d  

^a L2 Biosafety Laboratory   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR DRUGS AND MEDICAL DEVICES   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d Gesundheitsamt des Kreises Düren   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Cell lysis; Polymorphonuclear leukocytes; ST398; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84874337601     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03775.x     Document Type: Article

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