Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated at Fukuoka University Hospital and hospitals and clinics in the Fukuoka city area

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-43

  Takeda, Seiji ^a   Yasunaka, Kakuko ^b   Kono, Kenji ^a   Arakawa, Kikuo ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dendrogram analysis; MRSA; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

HABEKACIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COAGULASE; DIBEKACIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0034008266     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(99)00148-X     Document Type: Article

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