Distribution of spa types among meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates during a 6 year period at a low-prevalence university hospital

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 612-616

  Fenner, Lukas ^a   Widmer, Andreas F ^a   Dangel, Marc ^a   Frei, Reno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 43049150467     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47757-0     Document Type: Article

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