Changes in the epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with spread of the ST45 lineage in Hong Kong

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-137

  Ho, Pak Leung ^a   Chow, Kin Hung ^a   Lo, Pui Ying ^a   Lee, Kim Fung ^a   Lai, Eileen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Molecular epidemiology; MRSA; Multilocus sequence typing; Panton Valentine leukocidin

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EXOTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 67349101215     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.01.030     Document Type: Article

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