Fitness and competitive growth advantage of new gentamicin-susceptible MRSA clones spreading in French hospitals

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-283

  Laurent, Frédéric ^a   Lelièvre, Hervé ^b   Cornu, Marie ^a   Vandenesch, François ^b   Carret, Gérard ^a   Etienne, Jerome ^b   Flandrois, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; METICILLIN; PEFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLASSIFICATION; CLONE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FITNESS; FRANCE; GROWTH RATE; HOSPITAL; IN VITRO STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0035090541     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/47.3.277     Document Type: Article

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