Trends of β-lactam antibiotic susceptibility in blood-borne methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and their linkage to the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 213-218

  Barada, Kazunari ^a   Hanaki, Hideaki ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Yoshio ^c   Ikeda, Shinsuke ^a   Akama, Hiroyuki ^b   Nakae, Taiji ^b   Inamatsu, Takashi ^d   Sunakawa, Keisuke ^a,b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Beta lactams; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec)

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFAZOLIN; CLOXACILLIN; IMIPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 34548146250     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-007-0523-x     Document Type: Article

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