Molecular genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in a teaching hospital in Turkey

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 154-159

  Öztop, A Yasemin ^a   Pinarbasi, Hatice ^a   Kocagöz, Sesin ^b   Bakici, M Zahir ^a   Bakir, Mehmet ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TURKEY;

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

EID: 3042729691     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1076629041310073     Document Type: Article

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