Establishment of ST30 as the predominant clonal type among community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Singapore

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1090-1093

  Hsu, Li Yang ^a   Koh, Yin Ling ^a   Chlebicka, Nidhi Loomba ^a   Tan, Thean Yen ^b   Krishnan, Prabha ^c   Lin, Raymond Tzer Pin ^d   Tee, Nancy ^e   Barkham, Timothy ^c   Koh, Tse Hsien ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ENDONUCLEASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PVL GENE; SINGAPORE; SKIN ABSCESS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WOUND INFECTION;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33644878926     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1090-1093.2006     Document Type: Article

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