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Panton-Valentine leukocidin and biofilm production of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from respiratory tract

Author(s) -

Nilufer Cakir Aktas,

Zayre Erturan,

Onur Karatuna,

Ayşegül Yağcı

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.4135

Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , leukocidin , staphylococcus aureus , panton–valentine leukocidin , respiratory tract , biofilm , biology , bacteria , respiratory system , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , anatomy , genetics

Staphylococcus aureus is one of the first bacteria colonizing in cystic fibrosis (CF) respiratory tract and different virulence factors are responsible for disease progression. It is not clear if CF S. aureus strains are more virulent than strains isolated from non-CF patients.

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