Epidemiological typing of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Pakistan and India

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-337

  Shabir, Sahida ^a   Hardy, Katherine J ^a,b   Abbasi, Waseem S ^c   McMurray, Claire L ^a   Malik, Salman A ^c   Wattal, Chand ^d   Hawkey, Peter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENOTYPE; INDIA; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PAKISTAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 76649141454     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.014910-0     Document Type: Article

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