UK epidemic strains of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in clinical samples from Malta

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1394-1398

  Gould, Simon W J ^a   Rollason, Jess ^b   Hilton, Anthony C ^b   Cuschieri, Paul ^c   McAuliffe, Laura ^d   Easmon, Susan L ^a   Fielder, Mark D ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALTA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 55549124856     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/003509-0     Document Type: Article

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