Non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Sydney, Australia: Emergence of EMRSA-15, Oceania, Queensland and Western Australian MRSA strains

Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-244

  Gosbell, Iain B ^a,b   Barbagiannakos, Thelma ^a   Neville, Stephen A ^a   Mercer, Joanne L ^a   Vickery, Alison M ^a   O'Brien, Frances G ^c   Coombs, Geoffrey W ^d   Malkowski, Mary J ^d   Pearson, Julie C ^d  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Community acquired infections; Epidemiology; Exotoxins; Leukocidins; Methicillin resistance; Molecular epidemiology; Risk factors; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYNESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYNESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33745102405     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020600699227     Document Type: Article

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