Prevalence of agr specificity groups among methicilin resistant Staphylococcus aureus circulating at Charles Nicolle hospital of Tunis

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 54, Issue 8-9 SPEC.ISS., 2006, Pages 435-438

  Ben Ayed, S ^a   Boutiba Ben Boubaker, I ^a   Samir, E ^a   Ben Redjeb, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

agr; Multiplex PCR; Quorum sensing system; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDICINE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUS; REGULATOR GENE; TUNISIA; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL DNA;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUNISIA;

EID: 33750807469     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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