Clinical and molecular characteristics of nosocomial meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue isolates from three Indian hospitals

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-263

  Gadepalli, R ^a   Dhawan, B ^a   Kapil, A ^a   Sreenivas, V ^a   Jais, M ^b   Gaind, R ^c   Chaudhry, R ^a   Samantaray, J C ^a   Udo, E E ^d  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^d KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Multilocus sequence typing; Nosocomial infection; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Skin and soft tissue infection; Staphylococcal cassette chromosome

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NETILMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS;

EID: 70349828979     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.07.021     Document Type: Article

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