Research Article

Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibilities of 273 exfoliative toxin-encoding-gene-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients with impetigo in Japan

Nakaminami, Hidemasa, Noguchi, Norihisa, Ikeda, Masami, Hasui, Mikiko, Sato, Minoru, Yamamoto, Shinji, Yoshida, Tomoko, Asano, Takashi, Senoue, Mitsura, Sasatsu, Masanori

Journal of Medical Microbiology 2008; 57(10):1251 · https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.2008/002824-0

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Abstract

Abbreviations: CA, community-acquired; ET, exfoliative toxin; MRSA, meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA, meticillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus; SCC, staphylococcal cassette chromosome; SE, staphylococcal enterotoxin.