Molecular epidemiology of clinical and carrier strains of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the hospital settings of north India

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dar, Javid A ^a   Thoker, Manzoor A ^b   Khan, Jamal A ^a   Ali, Asif ^c   Khan, Mohammed A ^a   Rizwan, Mohammed ^d   Bhat, Khalid H ^d   Dar, Mohammad J ^d   Ahmed, Niyaz ^d   Ahmad, Shamim ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COAGULASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG CHOICE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33749529752     PISSN: 14760711     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-5-22     Document Type: Article

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