Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Finland in 2004 to 2006

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2655-2657

  Kanerva, Mari ^a,b   Salmenlinna, Saara ^a   Vuopio Varkila, Jaana ^a   Lehtinen, Pirkko ^a,c   Möttönen, Teemu ^a   Virtanen, Mikko J ^a   Lyytikäinen, Outi ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KAINUU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCIDIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXOTOXINS; FINLAND; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 68549110249     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00771-09     Document Type: Article

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