Evolutionary relationships between sporadic and epidemic strains of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 659-669

  Hallin, M ^a   Denis, O ^a   Deplano, A ^a   De Ryck, R ^a   Crevecoeur S ^a   Rottiers, S ^a   De Mendonca R ^a   Struelens, M J ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Evolution; Genetic background; MRSA; PFGE; Typing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GROWTH RATE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 45249085480     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02015.x     Document Type: Article

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