Distribution of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) types I, II, III and IV in coagulase-negative staphylococci from patients attending a tertiary hospital in southern Brazil

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1328-1333

  Machado, Alice Beatriz Mombach Pinheiro ^a   Reiter, Keli Cristine ^a   Paiva, Rodrigo Minuto ^a   Barth, Afonso Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 4; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COAGULASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 36148957149     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47294-0     Document Type: Article

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