Characterization of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated at the Policlinico Hospital of Bari (Italy)

New Microbiologica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-65

  Corrente, Marialaura ^a   Monno, Rosa ^a   Totaro, Marta ^a   Martella, Vito ^a   Buonavoglia, Domenico ^a   Rizzo, Caterina ^a   Ricci, Dominga ^a   Rizzo, Giovanni ^a   Buonavoglia, Canio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enterotoxins; Methicillin resistance; MRSA; PCR; RAPD

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ENTEROTOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PIPEMIDIC ACID; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ITALY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ITALY; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 14844288090     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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