Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) analysis and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates in Tehran, Iran

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-220

  Fatholahzadeh, Bahram ^a   Emaneini, Mohammad ^a   Gilbert, Gwendolyn ^b   Udo, Edet ^c   Aligholi, Marzieh ^a   Modarressi, Mohammad H ^a   Nouri, Keramat ^a   Sedaghat, Hossein ^a   Feizabadi, Mohammad M ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; TEICOPLANIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; GENE CASSETTE; HUMAN; IRAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IRAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 51349155587     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2008.0822     Document Type: Article

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