Prevalence of the immune evasion gene cluster in Staphylococcus aureus CC398

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 219-223

  Cuny, Christiane ^a   Abdelbary, Mohamed ^a   Layer, Franziska ^a   Werner, Guido ^a   Witte, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immune evasion genes; Livestock associated MRSA; Zoonotic MRSA infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE CLUSTER; HORSE; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SWINE; ANIMAL; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PIG; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXOTOXINS; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PREVALENCE; SWINE;

EID: 84926256901     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.02.031     Document Type: Article

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