Access
To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
News and Views
Nature Medicine 13, 1418 - 1420 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nm1207-1418
Secrets of a superbug
Franklin D Lowy1
- Franklin D. Lowy is at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, New York 10032, USA. e-mail: fl189@columbia.edu
Abstract
Two studies examine why community-acquired strains of Staphylococcus aureus are so good at burrowing into flesh and wreaking havoc on the body (pages 1405–1406 and 1510–1514).
"Staph fatalities may exceed AIDS deaths" and "Thousands of families contract possibly fatal infections from drug-resistant staph 'Superbug'" (http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=3737514
To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS
These links to content published by NPG are automatically generated.
RESEARCH
Poring over pores: α-hemolysin and Panton-Valentine leukocidin in Staphylococcus aureus pneumoniaNature Medicine Correspondence (01 Dec 2007)
Identification of novel cytolytic peptides as key virulence determinants for community-associated MRSANature Medicine Letter (01 Dec 2007)
Staphylococcus aureus in Dermatology Outpatients with Special Emphasis on Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant StrainsJournal of Investigative Dermatology Original Article
Staphylococcus aureus in Dermatology Outpatients with Special Emphasis on Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant StrainsJournal of Investigative Dermatology Original Article
See all 5 matches for Research