High frequencies of clindamycin and tetracycline resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pulsed-field type USA300 isolates collected at a Boston ambulatory health center

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1350-1352

  Han, Linda L ^a,e   McDougal, Linda K ^b   Gorwitz, Rachel J ^b   Mayer, Kenneth H ^c,d   Patel, Jean B ^b   Sennott, Janet M ^a   Fontana, John L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e State Laboratory Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HEALTH CENTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MUPA GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BOSTON; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34247183747     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02274-06     Document Type: Article

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