Back to the future: α-hemolysin activity on blood agar to predict ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Nov 15;190(10):1086-8. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201410-1886ED.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Toxins / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Hemolysin Proteins / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity*
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity*

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Hemolysin Proteins
  • staphylococcal alpha-toxin