First confirmation of integron-bearing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Current Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 264-268

  Xu, Zhenbo ^a   Li, Lin ^a   Alam, M J ^b   Zhang, Liyan ^c   Yamasaki, Shinji ^a,d   Shi, Lei ^a,d  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME; CLONING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INTEGRON; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPUTUM CULTURE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 48349092656     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-008-9187-8     Document Type: Article

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