Identification of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec encoding methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates at Charles Nicolle Hospital of Tunis

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 54, Issue 8-9 SPEC.ISS., 2006, Pages 453-455

  Jemili Ben Jomaa, M ^a   Boutiba Ben Boubaker, I ^a   Ben Redjeb, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

CA MRSA; HA MRSA; Resistance to methicillin; SCCmec; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; DERMATOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; HOSPITAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUS; TUNISIA; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUNISIA;

EID: 33750813021     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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