Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones with distinct clinical and microbiological features in a Korean community [1]

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 866-868

  Sang, Hyuk Ma ^a   Yeong, Seon Lee ^b   Seung, Hoon Lee ^a   Han, Kil Kim ^a   Jong, Sook Jin ^c   Eun, Kyung Shin ^b   Je, Chul Lee ^c  

^a Changwon Fatima Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFANT; LETTER; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KOREA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34250360716     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46962-0     Document Type: Letter

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