A dialysis patient with bacteremia caused by a community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) carrying the staphylococcal chromosome cassette (SCC) mec type V

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 402-404

  Giannella, M ^a   Monaco, M ^b   Nicosia, R ^a   Chiarini, F ^a   Pantosti, A ^b   Venditti, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MEC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CHROMOSOME CASSETTE;

EID: 47349096784     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2008.20.3.402     Document Type: Letter

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