Persistence of a clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a burns unit

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 558-564

  Al Haddad, A M ^b   Udo, E E ^a   Mokadas, E M ^a   Sanyal, S C ^a   Grubb, W B ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ACETATE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METICILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; NEOMYCIN; PLASMID DNA; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BURN; CLONE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0035019351     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-50-6-558     Document Type: Article

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