Comparative molecular analysis of community-associated and healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from children in northern Taiwan

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1167-1172

  Huang, Y C ^a,b   Ho, C F ^a   Chen, C J ^a,b   Su, L H ^b,c   Lin, T Y ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community associated; Healthcare associated; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Molecular characteristics; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TAIWAN;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 57649205402     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02115.x     Document Type: Article

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