Susceptibilities to antiseptic agents and distribution of antiseptic-resistance genes qacA/B and smr of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Asia during 1998 and 1999

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 557-565

  Noguchi, Norihisa ^a   Suwa, Junichi ^a   Narui, Koji ^a   Sasatsu, Masanori ^a   Ito, Teruyo ^b   Hiramatsu, Keiichi ^b   Song, Jae Hoon ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; ALKYLDIAMINOETHYLGLYCINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; ETHACRIDINE LACTATE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL GENE; CHINA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QACAB GENE; SAUDI ARABIA; SINGAPORE; SOUTH KOREA; SRI LANKA; SRM GENE; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

ACRIFLAVINE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ASIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 20344407044     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45902-0     Document Type: Article

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