Genetic diversity among community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains causing outpatient infections in Australia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4735-4743

  Coombs, Geoffrey W ^a   Nimmo, Graeme R ^c   Bell, Jan M ^e   Huygens, Flavia ^d   O'Brien, Frances G ^a,b   Malkowski, Mary J ^a   Pearson, Julie C ^a   Stephens, Alex J ^d   Giffard, Philip M ^d  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OUTPATIENTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 5444230559     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4735-4743.2004     Document Type: Article

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