Hyperexpression of -hemolysin explains enhanced virulence of sequence type 93 community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chua, Kyra Y L ^a,b,c   Monk, Ian R ^a   Lin, Ya Hsun ^a   Seemann, Torsten ^b   Tuck, Kellie L ^b   Porter, Jessica L ^a   Stepnell, Justin ^a   Coombs, Geoffrey W ^d,e   Davies, John K ^b   Stinear, Timothy P ^a,b   Howden, Benjamin P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha hemolysin; CA MRSA; Pathogenesis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; DISEASE MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS;

EID: 84893677679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-31     Document Type: Article

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