Increased incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST80, novel ST125 and SCCmecIV in the south-eastern part of Norway during a 12-year period

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 627-633

  Fossum, A E ^a   Bukholm, Geir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community acquired MRSA; Epidemiology; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Norway; SCCmec type; Sequence types

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PROTEIN A;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33744941111     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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