Phenotypic and genetic characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from the university hospitals of Debrecen

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Szabo J ^a   Dombradi Z ^a   Dobay, O ^b   Orosi, P ^a   Konya J ^a   Nagy, K ^b   Rozgonyi, F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HUNGARY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 59449098786     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0588-1     Document Type: Article

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