DNA Fingerprinting of a Multi-resistant Coagulase-negative Staphylococci Isolated from Biomaterials in Dialysis Services

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 953-960

  Chaieb, Kamel ^a,b   Touati, Arabella ^c   Salah, Abbassi Mohamed ^c   Hassen, Assia Ben ^c   Mahdouani, Kacem ^a   Bakhrouf, Amina ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalo Universitaire Ibn El Jazzar De Kairouan   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; Oxacillin resistance; Polymerase chain reaction; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Slime production

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; DIALYSIS FLUID; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COAGULASE; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HEMODIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; NEEDLES; OXACILLIN; PHYLOGENY; RENAL DIALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33749426387     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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