Prevalence of genes encoding extracellular virulence factors among meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 403-410

  Sauer, P ^a,b   Sila J ^a   Stosova T ^a   Vecerova R ^a,b   Hejnar, P ^a,b   Vagnerova I ^a,b   Kolar M ^a,b   Raclavsky V ^a,b   Petrzelova J ^a,b   Loveckova Y ^a,b   Koukalova D ^a,b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CZECH REPUBLIC; ETA GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PVL GENE; SEA GENE; SEB GENE; SEC GENE; SED GENE; SEE GENE; SEG GENE; SEH GENE; SEI GENE; SEJ GENE; TST GENE;

EID: 42149170531     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47413-0     Document Type: Article

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