Clonal dissemination of mupirocin-resistant staphylococci in Greek hospitals

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-108

  Petinaki, E ^a   Spiliopoulou, I ^b   Kontos, F ^a   Maniati, M ^a   Bersos, Z ^a   Stakias, N ^a   Malamou Lada, H ^c   Koutsia Carouzou, Ch ^d   Maniatis, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epidemic clones; Greece; Mupirocin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CLONE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EPIDEMIC; GREECE; HOSPITAL; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COAGULASE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUPIROCIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0346656811     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh028     Document Type: Article

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