MRSA genotypes in Turkey: Persistence over 10 years of a single clone of ST239

Journal of Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 433-438

  Alp, Emine ^a   Klaassen, Corné H W ^b   Doganay, Mehmet ^a   Altoparlak, Ulku ^c   Aydin, Kemalettin ^d   Engin, Aynur ^e   Kuzucu, Cigdem ^f   Ozakin, Cuneyt ^g   Ozinel, Mehmet Ali ^h   Turhan, Ozge ⁱ   Voss, Andreas ^j  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^j RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Methicillin resistant; Molecular epidemiology; Panton Valentine leucocidin genes; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649152538     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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