Nasal colonization of and clonal transmission of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus among Chinese military volunteers

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-69

  Qu, Fen ^a   Cui, Enbo ^a   Guo, Tongsheng ^a   Li, Haijing ^b   Chen, Suming ^a   Liu, Liming ^a   Han, Wang ^a   Bao, Chunmei ^a   Mao, Yuanli ^a   Tang, Yi Wei ^b  

^a BEIJING 302 HOSPITAL   (China)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIC ACID; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NASAL MUCOSA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 73949133114     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01572-09     Document Type: Article

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