Epidemiological typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from surgical wounds and other sites of patients in the Medical Centre Ljubljana

Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 35-40

  Müller Premru, Manica ^a   Gubina, Marija ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Depatment of Microbiology

Author keywords

Distribution of clones; Epidemiological typing; Methicillin resistant; Slovenia; Staphylococcus aureus; Surgical wounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SLOVENIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 3142757027     PISSN: 13184458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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