Tracking methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Colombian hospitals over 7 years (1996-2003): Emergence of a new dominant clone

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 457-462

  Cruz, César ^a,b,c   Moreno, Jaime ^a   Renzoni, Adriana ^b   Hidalgo, Marilyn ^a   Reyes, Jinnethe ^c   Schrenzel, Jacques ^b   Lew, Daniel ^b   Castañeda, Elizabeth ^a   Arias, César A ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOMBIA; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 27744594661     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2005.08.013     Document Type: Article

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