Successful, multiresistant bacterial clones

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-234

  Woodford, Neil ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E. Coli; Enterococcus; MLST; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 38349118839     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm474     Document Type: Article

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