Nationwide epidemiological study revealed the dissemination of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying a specific set of virulence-associated genes in Japanese hospitals

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1329-1336

  Ohkura, Teruko ^a   Yamada, Keiko ^a   Okamoto, Akira ^a   Baba, Hisashi ^b   Ike, Yasuyoshi ^c   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^d   Hasegawa, Tadao ^e   Ohta, Michio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HLA GENE; HLB GENE; HLD GENE; HLG 2 GENE; HOSPITAL ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; JAPAN; LUKED GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEC GENE; SEG GENE; SEI GENE; SEL GENE; SEM GENE; SEN GENE; SEO GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC; TST GENE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 70349311394     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.010173-0     Document Type: Article

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