Predominance and emergence of clones of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Malaysia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 867-872

  Ghaznavi Rad, Ehsanollah ^a   Shamsudin, Mariana Nor ^a   Sekawi, Zamberi ^a   Khoon, Liew Yun ^a   Aziz, Mohammad Nazri ^b   Hamat, Rukman Awang ^a   Othman, Norlijah ^a   Chong, Pei Pei ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^c   Ghasemzadeh Moghaddam, Hamed ^a   Neela, Vasanthakumari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC RESPIRATION CONTROL PROTEIN A; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PROTEIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

ARCA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77749340702     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01112-09     Document Type: Article

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