Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal isolates from Turkey

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 615-619

  Kilic, Abdullah ^a   Mert, Gurkan ^a,b   Senses, Zeynep ^a   Bedir, Orhan ^a   Aydogan, Hakan ^a   Basustaoglu, A Celal ^a   Appelbaum, Peter C ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Molecular characterization; Nasal carriage

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TURKEY;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 53349147360     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-008-9273-8     Document Type: Article

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