Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from a New York City Hospital: Analysis by molecular fingerprinting techniques

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2121-2124

  De Lencastre, Herminia ^a,b   De Lencastre, Alexandre ^a   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PROBE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029778907     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.9.2121-2124.1996     Document Type: Article

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