Clonal dissemination and mupA gene polymorphism of mupirocin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from long-term-care facilities in South Korea

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 365-367

  Yoo, Jae Il ^a   Shin, Eun Shim ^a   Cha, Jeong Ok ^a   Lee, Jeom Kyu ^a   Jung, Young Hee ^a   Lee, Kyeong Min ^a   Kim, Bong Su ^a   Lee, Yeong Seon ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH KOREA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KOREA; LONG-TERM CARE; MUPIROCIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 29944433922     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.1.365-367.2006     Document Type: Article

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