Genome content determination in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Future Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-198

  Francois, Patrice ^a   Hernandez, David ^a   Schrenzel, Jacques ^a  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Core genome; Epidemicity; Epidemiology; Genome content; Microarray; MRSA; Sequencing; SNP; Variable core; Variable genes; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; GENOMIC DNA; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34248641680     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17460913.2.2.187     Document Type: Review

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