Investigation of Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes and SCCmec types in clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Turkey

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-210

  Karahan, Zeynep Ceren ^a,c   Tekeli, Alper ^a   Adaleti, Riza ^b   Koyuncu, Esra ^a   Dolapci, Istar ^a   Akan, Ozay Arikan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HAYDARPASA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TURKEY;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 51349116482     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2008.0811     Document Type: Article

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