The molecular evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 222-235

  Deurenberg, R H ^a   Vink, C ^a   Kalenic, S ^b   Friedrich, A W ^c   Bruggeman, C A ^a   Stobberingh, E E ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

CA MRSA; Evolution; HA MRSA; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Review; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; METICILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34247215693     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01573.x     Document Type: Review

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