First report on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of Spa type T037, Sequence type 239, SCCmec type III/IIIA in Malaysia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-117

  Neela, V ^a   Ghasemzadeh Moghaddam, H ^a   Van Belkum, A ^b   Horst Kreft, D ^b   Mariana, N S ^a   Ghaznavi Rad, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 76849104238     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0813-6     Document Type: Article

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