Epidemiology of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus obtained from the UK West Midlands region

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 314-320

  Rollason, J ^a   Bastin, L ^a   Hilton, A C ^a   Pillay, D G ^b   Worthington, T ^a   McKeon, C ^b   De, P ^b   Burrows, K ^b   Lambert, P A ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; EMRSA 15; EMRSA 16; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; SCCmec

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE MAPPING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 56249084519     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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