Epidemiology and typing of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from bloodstream infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5650-5657

  Van Der Mee Marquet, Nathalie ^a,b   Domelier, Anne Sophie ^b   Girard, Nicole ^b   Quentin, Roland ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; QUINOLONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIFFUSION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; INFECTION RATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 10844224304     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5650-5657.2004     Document Type: Article

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