Key role of α-toxin in fatal pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 217-220

  Bonesso, Mariana F ^a,b   Yeh, Anthony J ^a   Villaruz, Amer E ^a   Joo, Hwang Soo ^a   McCausland, Joshua ^a   Fortaleza, Carlos M C B ^b   Cavalcante, Ricardo S ^b   Sobrinho, Moises T ^b   Ronchi, Carlos F ^b   Cheung, Gordon Y C ^a   Cunha, Maria L R S ^b   Otto, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFEPIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PHENOL SOLUBLE MODULIN; PHENOL SOLUBLE MODULIN ALPHA 3; PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL ALPHA-TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHP GENE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATALITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MALE; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NECROTIZING PNEUMONIA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCN GENE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SINUSITIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; THROMBOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 85012263733     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/RCCM.201506-1225LE     Document Type: Letter

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