Intercontinental spread of a multidrug-resistant methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2590-2596

  Aires De Sousa, M ^a   Santos Sanches, I ^a,b   Ferro, M L ^c   Vaz, M J ^d   Saraiva, Z ^e   Tendeiro, T ^e   Serra, J ^e   De Lencastre, H ^a,b,f  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOSÉ   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

^f ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLONE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 3543031605     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2590-2596.1998     Document Type: Article

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