Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398, Italy

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 346-348

  Soavi, Laura ^a   Stellini, Roberto ^a   Signorini, Liana ^a   Antonini, Benvenuto ^b   Pedroni, Palmino ^b   Zanetti, Livio ^b   Milanesi, Bruno ^b   Pantosti, Annalisa ^c   Matteelli, Alberto ^a   Pan, Angelo ^d   Carosi, Giampiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Presidio Ospedaliero di Manerbio ^*  (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NECK; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUPPURATION; TANDEM REPEAT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ULCER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A;

EID: 76149117199     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1602.091478     Document Type: Letter

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