Increased incidence of β -lactamase-plasmid negative, high level methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-206

  Yokoyama, Toshinobu ^a   Honda, Junichi ^a   Kawayama, Tomotaka ^a   Kajimura, Katsunari ^b   Oizumi, Kotaro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

mecA, blaZ; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); lactamase

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFAZOLIN; CLOXACILLIN; COAGULASE; HABEKACIN; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BETA-LACTAMASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029907996     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.43.199     Document Type: Article

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