Detection of methicillin-resistance (mec-A) gene in Staphylococcus aureus strains by PCR and determination of antibiotic susceptibility

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-276

  Zamani, Alireza ^a   Sadeghian, Siavash ^a   Ghaderkhani, Jalal ^a   Alikhani, Mohammad Yousef ^a   Najafimosleh, Mohammad ^a   Taghi Goodarzi, Mohammad ^b   Shahrabi Farahani, Hadi ^a   Yousefi Mashouf, Rasoul ^a  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

mec A; Methicillin oxacillin; MRSA

Indexed keywords

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34547140725     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175219     Document Type: Article

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