Analyses of clonality and the evolution of bacterial pathogens

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 308-313

  Feil, Edward J ^a   Enright, Mark C ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CC; clonal complex; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; MLEE; MLST; MRSA; MSSA; multilocus enzyme electrophoresis; multilocus sequence typing; phosphate acetyltransferase; pta; SAS

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLONAL VARIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG BINDING; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; SOFTWARE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 2942555285     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2004.04.002     Document Type: Review

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