Antibiotic resistance genes detected by multiplex PCR assays in Staphylococcus epidermidis strains isolated from dialysis fluid and needles in a dialysis service

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 183-187

  Chaieb, Kamel ^a   Zmantar, Tarek ^a   Chehab, Olfa ^b   Boucham, Ons ^c   Hasen, Assia Ben ^c   Mahdouani, Kacem ^b   Bakhrouf, Amina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b Hopital Regional de Kairouan   (Tunisia)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOMATERIAL; DIALYSIS FLUID; ERYTHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN METHYLASE A; ERYTHROMYCIN METHYLASE B; ERYTHROMYCIN METHYLASE C; MACROLIDE; METHIONINE SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE A; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN ICAA; PROTEIN ICAD; PROTEIN MEF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GRAM STAINING; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CROSS INFECTION; DIALYSIS; DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEEDLES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 34548460826     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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