Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec and Panton-Valentine leukocidin characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1019-1021

  Moroney, Shannon M ^a   Heller, Loree C ^a   Arbuckle, Jesse ^a   Talavera, Monica ^a   Widen, Ray H ^a  

^a TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; HUMAN; MEC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; EXOTOXINS; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33947217558     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01706-06     Document Type: Article

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