The spread of a mupirocin-resistant/methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in Kuwait hospitals

Acta Tropica

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-161

  Udo, E E ^a   Jacob, L E ^a   Mathew, B ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Conjugative plasmid; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Mupirocin resistance; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

CLONE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HOSPITAL SECTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE LOCATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KUWAIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUPIROCIN; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0035935128     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(01)00171-1     Document Type: Article

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