Molecular epidemiology of oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Brooklyn, New York

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-61

  Landman, D ^a   Bratu, S ^a   Flores, C ^a   Sathe, S ^b   Maccario, E ^b   Ravishankar, J ^a   Quale, J ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERTAPENEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037220767     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0860-8     Document Type: Article

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