Characterization and Comparison of 2 Distinct Epidemic Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones of ST59 Lineage

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Chih Jung ^a,b   Unger, Clemens ^c   Hoffmann, Wolfgang ^c   Lindsay, Jodi A ^d   Huang, Yhu Chering ^a,b   Götz, Friedrich ^e  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c Institut fur Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN P; STAPHYLOKINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BETA HEMOLYSIN GENE; CELL ADHESION; CHPS GENE; CLONE; COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE EVASION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHAGE; SCN GENE; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CHROMOSOMAL CASSETTE MEC IV GENE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EPIDEMICS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEUTROPHILS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84883507223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063210     Document Type: Article

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