Distribution patterns of methicillin resistance genes (mecA) in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical specimens

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 173-178

  Japoni, Aziz ^a   Alborzi, Abdolvahab ^a   Orafa, Fatemeh ^a   Rasouli, Manoochehr ^a   Farshad, Shohreh ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistance genes (mecA); Methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC); Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONING; GENETIC STABILITY; HEREDITY; INCIDENCE; IRAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

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

EID: 33645875587     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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