Correction: Prevalence of clonal complexes and virulence genes among commensal and invasive Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Sweden (PLoS ONE (2013) 8, 10 (e77477) DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0077477);Prevalence of Clonal Complexes and Virulence Genes among Commensal and Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Sweden

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Rasmussen, Gunlög ^a,d   Monecke, Stefan ^b,c   Ehricht, Ralf ^b   Söderquist, Bo ^a,d  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; LEUKOCIDIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGR II GENE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAP5 GENE; CHILD; CLONAL COMPLEX; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; FNBB GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUKD GENE; LUKE GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SASG GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; SETC GENE; SETX GENE; SPLA GENE; SPLB GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL EXOTOXIN LIKE PROTEIN GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWEDEN; VIRULENCE GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWEDEN; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885169766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099097     Document Type: Erratum

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