Prevalence of panton-valentine leukocidin genes in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus isolates phenotypically consistent with community-acquired MRSA, 1999-2007, vienna general hospital

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 909-912

  Bauer, C C ^a   Apfalter, P ^a   Daxboeck, F ^a   Bachhofner, N ^a   Stadler, M ^a   Blacky, A ^a   Diab Elschahawi, M ^a   Assadian, O ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; FUSIDIC ACID; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BETA-LACTAMS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EXOTOXINS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 68849111829     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0721-9     Document Type: Article

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