Gentamicin- and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus: Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of three putative nosocomial outbreak strains

Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-36

  Traub, Walter H ^a   Leonhard, Birgit ^a   Bauer, Dierk ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiograms; Antibiotic susceptibility tests; Defibrinated human blood; Enterotoxins; Genotype; Phenotype; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Restriction endonuclease staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus; Time kill curves; Toxic shock syndrome toxin 1; Toxic shocks syndrome toxin 1; Lactamases

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; COUMAMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; JOSAMYCIN; METICILLIN; NITROCEFIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; SULBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HYDROLYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTIBIOTICS, AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CROSS INFECTION; GENTAMICINS; HUMAN; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029655741     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000239419     Document Type: Article

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