How colonization factors are linked to outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: the roles of SasX and ACME

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 533-537

  Otto, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

EPIDEMIC; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

ARGININE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84888582272     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2013-0025     Document Type: Article

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