Does β-toxin production contribute to the cytotoxicity of hypervirulent Staphylococcus aureus?

J Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 1;211(5):846-7. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu494. Epub 2014 Sep 1.

Authors

Céline Dupieux¹, Caroline Camus², Gérard Lina¹, François Vandenesch¹, Frédéric Laurent¹, Jean-Philippe Rasigade¹

Affiliations

¹ Inserm U1111, CIRI, University of Lyon Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France.
² Inserm U1111, CIRI, University of Lyon.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Gene Silencing*
Hemolysin Proteins / metabolism*
Prophages / genetics*
Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase / metabolism*
Staphylococcus Phages / genetics*
Staphylococcus aureus / metabolism*
Staphylococcus aureus / virology*

Substances

Hemolysin Proteins
Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase