Vancomycin Susceptibility within Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Lineages

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 855-857

  Howe, Robin A ^a   Monk, Alastair ^b   Wootton, Mandy ^a   Walsh, Timothy R ^c   Enright, Mark C ^b,d  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

AGR GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; SCCMEC GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN INTERMEDIATE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 2142695240     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1005.030556     Document Type: Article

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