Journal article
Determining the Presence of Superantigens in Coagulase Negative Staphylococci from Humans
PloS one, Vol.10(11), pp.e0143341-e0143341
2015
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143341
PMCID: PMC4658126
PMID: 26599862
Abstract
Superantigens (SAgs) are important virulence factors in S. aureus. Recent studies identified their presence in animal coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS). The emergence of human-associated SAg+ CNS would mark a prodigious shift in virulence capabilities. We examined CNS isolates from healthy human nares and diseased individuals, and determined that no known SAgs were present.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Determining the Presence of Superantigens in Coagulase Negative Staphylococci from Humans
- Creators
- Christopher S Stach - Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of AmericaBao G Vu - Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of AmericaPatrick M Schlievert - Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- PloS one, Vol.10(11), pp.e0143341-e0143341
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0143341
- PMID
- 26599862
- PMCID
- PMC4658126
- NLM abbreviation
- PLoS One
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- eISSN
- 1932-6203
- Publisher
- United States
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2015
- Academic Unit
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Microbiology and Immunology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984001134002771
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