Comparison of Genomic DNA fingerprinting using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and antibiotic susceptibility of clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between Chiang Mai and Tokyo

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 86-87

  Tharavichitkul, Prasit ^a   Kirikae, Fumiko ^b   Kaneko, Aki ^b   Hashimoto, Masahito ^b   Toyooka, Kiminori ^b   Hasegawa, Mitsuharu ^b   Iwata, Kuniko ^b   Kuratsuji, Tadatoshi ^b   Yazaki, Yoshio ^b   Sirisanthana, Thira ^a   Kirikae, Teruo ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOTIAM; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; THAILAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 18544403535     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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