Molecular characterization of resistance to mupirocin in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a tertiary hospital in Spain

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 826-828

  Daskalaki, Maria ^a   Otero, Joaquin R ^a   Chaves, Fernando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gentamicin resistance; Molecular epidemiology; MRSA; Mupirocin resistance

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUPIROCIN; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 62549118257     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp025     Document Type: Letter

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