Is MRSA more virulent than MSSA?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 843-845

  Rozgonyi, F ^a   Kocsis, E ^a   Kristof K ^a   Nagy, K ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Heteroresistant populations; Methicillin resistance; MRSA; Pathogenicity; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; ENTEROTOXIN; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THERAPY DELAY;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34547849438     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01780.x     Document Type: Editorial

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