Development and validation of novel methods for the study of Staphylococcus aureus PVL strains

Since the initial association of the Panton Valentine leucocidin (PVL) toxin with highly virulent strains of Staphylococcus aureus found in the community, a firm epidemiological link has been established between the PVL encoding genes and community-acquired strains of both meticillin resistant (CA-M...

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Main Author: Otokunefor, Kome
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13835/