Antibiograms and molecular subtypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in local teaching hospital, Malaysia

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1265-1270

  Thong, Kwai Lin ^a   Junnie, June ^a   Liew, Fong Yin ^a   Yusof, Mohd Yasim ^a   Hanifah, Yasmin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

mecA; MRSA; PFGE; PVL gene; SCCmec types

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70849105057     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0809.504     Document Type: Article

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