Key Role of α-Toxin in Fatal Pneumonia Caused by Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type 398

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Jan 15;193(2):217-20. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201506-1225LE.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Hemolysin Proteins / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
  • Mice
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / genetics*
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Hemolysin Proteins
  • staphylococcal alpha-toxin