Survey of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from two hospitals in El Paso, Texas

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2969-2972

  O'Brien, Frances G ^a   Lim, Tien Tze ^a   Winnett, David C ^b   Coombs, Geoffrey W ^a   Pearson, Julie C ^a   Delgado, Alejandro ^b   Langevin, Mark J ^b   Cantore, Stephanie A ^b   Gonzalez, Leti ^c   Gustafson, John E ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Las Palmas Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEXAS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 20444437179     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2969-2972.2005     Document Type: Article

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