A major methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone predominates in Malaysian hospitals

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 407-411

  Norazah, A ^a   Lim, V K E ^a   Rohani, M Y ^a   Alfizah, H ^b   Koh, Y T ^a   Kamel, A G M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0038004074     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880300832X     Document Type: Article

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