The evolution of a resistant pathogen - The case of MRSA

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 474-479

  Enright, Mark C ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0141869952     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4892(03)00109-7     Document Type: Review

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