Detection of methicillin and mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates using conventional and molecular methods: A descriptive study from a burns unit with high prevalence of MRSA

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 745-748

  Krishnan, P U ^a   Miles, K ^a   Shetty, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENE PRODUCT; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURN UNITS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUPIROCIN; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036774942     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.55.10.745     Document Type: Article

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