Sporadic methicillin resistance in community acquired Staphylococcus aureus in Mozambique

New Microbiologica

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-336

  Ceccarelli, Daniela ^a   Mondlane, José ^b   Sale, Marco ^c   Salvia, Anna M ^a   Folgosa, Elena ^b   Cappuccinelli, Piero ^c   Colombo, Mauro M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Univ E Mondlane Av S A   (Mozambique)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

AP PCR; Methicillin; Mozambique; PFGE RFLP; Resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE XMAI; ERYTHROMYCIN; METICILLIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOZAMBIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 29244457283     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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