Relationship between molecular epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a French teaching hospital

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 801-806

  Thouverez, Michelle ^a   Muller, Arno ^a   Hocquet, Didier ^a   Talon, Daniel ^a   Bertrand, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; KANAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; OFLOXACIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; QUINOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0141427758     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05252-0     Document Type: Article

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