Back to the future: α-hemolysin activity on blood agar to predict ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus.
1 Baylor Scott and White Health, Central Division Temple, Texas.
Alejandro C
AC
Arroliga
Jorge F
JF
Velazco
John K
JK
Midturi
Shekhar A
SA
Ghamande
D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000472:pathogenicity*
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; C021091:staphylococcal alpha-toxin