Necrotizing pneumonia in Greece caused by a USA400 (ST1) staphylococcus aureus harboring sscmec type v

Infection

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-77

  Neocleous, Ch ^a   Damani, A ^a   Gerogianni, I ^a   Gourgoulianis, K ^a   Petinaki, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GREECE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NECROTIZING PNEUMONIA; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; SSCMEC TYPE V GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMPTOM;

AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL;

EID: 77549088083     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-009-9199-8     Document Type: Letter

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