Change in the molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in Taiwan

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-201

  Chen, Chih Jung ^a,c   Hsueh, Po Ren ^d   Su, Lin Hui ^b   Chiu, Cheng Hsun ^a,b   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a,b   Huang, Yhu Chering ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infections; Community associated infections; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; MINOCYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TAIWAN;

EID: 69949092727     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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