USA300 genotype community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of surgical site infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3431-3433

  Patel, Mukesh ^a,c   Kumar, Ritu A ^a,d   Stamm, Alan M ^a   Hoesley, Craig J ^a   Moser, Stephen A ^b   Waites, Ken B ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35348832395     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00902-07     Document Type: Article

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