Spread of erythromycin-, tetracycline-, and aminoglycoside-resistant genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates in a Kumamoto hospital

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 133-137

  Sekiguchi, Jun Ichiro ^c   Fujino, Tomoko ^c   Saruta, Katsutoshi ^c   Kawano, Fumio ^a   Takami, Jun Ichi ^a   Miyazaki, Hisayoshi ^a   Kuratsuji, Tadatoshi ^c   Yoshikura, Hiroshi ^b   Kirikae, Teruo ^c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KUMAMOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0141630330     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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