Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones from a Teaching Hospital in Tehran

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-311

  Fatholahzadeh, Bahram ^a   Emaneini, Mohammad ^a   Aligholi, Marzieh ^a   Gilbert, Gwendolyn ^b   Taherikalani, Morovat ^c   Jonaidi, Nematollah ^d   Eslampour, Mohammad A ^a   Feizabadi, Mohammad M ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRAN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 69449085534     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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