Evolution, antimicrobial susceptibility and assignment to international clones of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated over a 9-year period in two Spanish hospitals

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 728-730

  Potel, Carmen ^a   Alvarez M ^a   Alvarez P ^b   Otero, I ^a   Fluiters, E ^c  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL MONTECELO   (Spain)

^c Department of Primary Care   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemic clones; Identification; Molecular analysis; MRSA; Spain; Typing

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COAGULASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SPUTUM CULTURE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WOUND;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34250371758     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01728.x     Document Type: Article

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