Molecular epidemiology of community-associated antimicrobial-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Seoul, Korea (2003): Pervasiveness of multidrug-resistant SCCmec type II methicillin-resistant S. aureus

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 178-185

  Jeong, Hye Yoon ^a   Lee, Jung Eun ^a   Choi, Bo Kyung ^a   Seo, Kyung Won ^a   Park, Seung Hee ^a   Kim, Young Lim ^a   Baek, Kyoung Min ^a   Lee, Kyungwon ^b   Rhee, Dong Kwon ^c  

^a Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALOTIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE CASSETTE; HUMAN; INFANT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTH KOREA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35448959279     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2007.709     Document Type: Article

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