Browsing by Author "Tong, Amy"

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A genome-wide association study of variants associated with acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in a healthcare setting.

Nelson, Charlotte L; Pelak, Kimberly; Podgoreanu, Mihai V; Ahn, Sun Hee; Scott, William K; Allen, Andrew S; Cowell, Lindsay G; ... (13 authors) (BMC Infect Dis, 2014-02-13)

BACKGROUND: Humans vary in their susceptibility to acquiring Staphylococcus aureus infection, and research suggests that there is a genetic basis for this variability. Several recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) ...
Panton-Valentine leukocidin is not the primary determinant of outcome for Staphylococcus aureus skin infections: evaluation from the CANVAS studies.

Tong, Amy; Tong, Steven YC; Zhang, Yurong; Lamlertthon, Supaporn; Sharma-Kuinkel, Batu K; Rude, Thomas; Ahn, Sun Hee; ... (13 authors) (PLoS One, 2012)

The impact of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) on the severity of complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI) caused by Staphylococcus aureus is controversial. We evaluated potential associations between clinical ...