Understanding the success of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains causing epidemic disease in the community

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-182

  Gorwitz, Rachel J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; CANADA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 39149117049     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523767     Document Type: Note

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