Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates from Croatia

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 331-334

  Budimir, Ana ^a   Deurenberg, Ruud H ^b   Plecko, Vanda ^a   Vink, Cornelis ^b   Kalenic, Smilja ^a   Stobberingh, Ellen E ^b  

^a Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

MRSA; PVL; SCCmec; TSST 1

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD FLOW; CROATIA; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCCMEC GENE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CROATIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 31544441688     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki452     Document Type: Article

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