Prevalence of erythromycin-, tetracycline-, and aminoglycoside-resistance genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals in Tokyo and Kumamoto

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 74-77

  Sekiguchi, Jun Ichiro ^b   Fujino, Tomoko ^b   Saruta, Katsutoshi ^b   Konosaki, Hisami ^b   Nishimura, Haruo ^b   Kawana, Akihiko ^b   Kudo, Koichiro ^b   Kondo, Tatsuya ^b   Yazaki, Yoshio ^b   Kuratsuji, Tadatoshi ^b   Yoshikura, Hiroshi ^a   Kirikae, Teruo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOMIC DNA; METICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TOKYO;

EID: 2542495891     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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