Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Southern Stockholm, 2000-2003

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 241-250

  Hedin, Göran ^a   Fang, Hong ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RIFAMPICIN; SKF 104662; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWEDEN; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWEDEN; TEICOPLANIN; TIME FACTORS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 38049033914     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2007.760     Document Type: Article

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