Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1, not α-toxin, mediated bundaberg fatalities

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2361-2368

  Mueller, Elizabeth A ^a   Merriman, Joseph A ^a   Schlievert, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN F, STAPHYLOCOCCAL;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; LETHALITY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND WHITE (RABBIT); NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; RABBITS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 84954411155     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000196     Document Type: Editorial

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