Population dynamics of methicillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus in remote communities

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 684-693

  O'Brien, F G ^a   Coombs, G W ^a,b   Pearman, J W ^a,b   Gracey, M ^c   Moss, F ^d   Christiansen, K J ^a,b   Grubb, W B ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Office of Aboriginal Health   (Australia)

^d Health Department of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonization; Community methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Population structure; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; LINCOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTOUR CLAMP HOMOGENEOUS ELECTRIC FIELD ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE CASSETTE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349467524     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp285     Document Type: Article

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