Pathotype and susceptibility profile of a community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain responsible for a case of severe pneumonia

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-104

  Stefani, Stefania ^a   Bongiorno, Dafne ^a   Cafiso, Viviana ^a   Campanile, Floriana ^a   Crapis, Massimo ^b   Cristini, Francesco ^b   Sartor, Assunta ^b   Scarparo, Claudio ^b   Spina, Daniela ^a   Viale, Pierluigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriaceae; Pharmacokinetic pharmacodynamic; Susceptibility breakpoints; Tigecycline

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BIOFILM; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE CASSETTE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATHOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OFLOXACIN; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

EID: 57549101403     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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