Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in Southeast Austria

Journal of Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-170

  Grisold, A J ^a   Zarfel, G ^a   Stoeger, A ^b   Feierl, G ^a   Raggam, R B ^a   Marth, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA PURIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREND STUDY;

AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 59949087459     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.12.004     Document Type: Letter

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