Usefulness of phage open-reading frame typing method in an epidemiological study of an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 386-389

  Nada, Toshi ^a   Yagi, Tetsuya ^a   Ohkura, Teruko ^a   Morishita, Yoshitaka ^a   Baba, Hisashi ^a   Ohta, Michio ^b   Suzuki, Masahiro ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; OXACILLIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN C; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN D; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHAGE OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROPHAGES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES;

EID: 72849125207     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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