In vivo detection of clonally derived methicillin-resistant/methicillin- susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains is not a rare event

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1890-1891

  Francois, Patrice ^a   Uckay, Ilker ^a   Iten, Anne ^a   Renzi, Gesuele ^a   Dahran, Sasi ^a   Camus, Véronique ^a   Sax, Hugo ^a   Schrenzel, Jacques ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; DISK DIFFUSION; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAINING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 43249119220     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00062-08     Document Type: Letter

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