Genetic diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary hospital in the Netherlands between 2002 and 2006

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 631-639

  Nulens, E ^a   Stobberingh, E E ^b   Smeets, E ^b   Van Dessel, H ^b   Welling, M A ^b   Sebastian, S ^b   Van Tiel, F H ^b   Beisser, P S ^b   Deurenberg, R H ^b  

^a General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFACLOR; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BELGIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EXOTOXINS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 67349098493     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0686-0     Document Type: Article

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