Emergence of two oxacillin-susceptible mecA-postive Stamphylococcus aureus clones in a Greek hospital [2]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1090-1091

  Petinaki, E ^a   Kontos, F ^a   Maniatis, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMIKACIN; CATALASE; CLINDAMYCIN; COAGULASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM STAINING; GREECE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONE CELLS; CROSS INFECTION; GREECE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036924521     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkf235     Document Type: Letter

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