Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis strains from bacteraemic patients

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1020-1027

  Ibrahem, Salha ^a   Salmenlinna, S ^a,b   Lyytikainen O ^a   Vaara, M ^c   Vuopio Varkila, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacteraemic strains; Complex SCCmec; Molecular typing; MRSE; Persistent clone

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 56849133026     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02080.x     Document Type: Article

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