Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Tunisia

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-26

  Ben Nejma, Mouna ^a   Mastouri, Maha ^b   Frih, Sonia ^c   Sakly, Nabil ^d   Ben Salem, Youcef ^e   Nour, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b Laboratoire de Microbiologie   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^d Laboratoire d'Immunologie   (Tunisia)

^e Laboratoire de Microbiologie   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

agr groups; Characterization; MRSA; SCCmec; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXFOLIATIN; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; HEMOLYSIN; KANAMYCIN; LEUKOCIDIN; LEUKOTOXIN; LINCOMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUNISIA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33646143522     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.10.017     Document Type: Article

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