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Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases 3/2014

Open Access 01-05-2014 | ePoster presentation

Virulence determinants of MRSA causing skin and soft tissue infections among HIV patients from Chennai

Authors: Padma Krishnan, A Nagarajan, J Suriakumar

Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases | Special Issue 3/2014

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MRSA is a well armed pathogen with an array of virulence factors, which causes skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) among healthy individuals in community. Although there are few reports on MRSA causing SSTIs among HIV patients, there are no studies on their virulence determinants. Hence, the current study was done to detect the virulence determinants of MRSA causing SSTIs among HIV patients. …
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Title
Virulence determinants of MRSA causing skin and soft tissue infections among HIV patients from Chennai
Authors
Padma Krishnan
A Nagarajan
J Suriakumar
Publication date
01-05-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases / Issue Special Issue 3/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-S3-E44

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