An exploratory study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and SCCmec elements obtained from a community setting along the Texas border with Mexico

Current Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 321-326

  Ammons, David R ^a   Puttagunta, Raghuveer ^a   Granados, Jose C ^a   De La Garza, Georgina ^a   Eyambe, George S ^a   Rampersad, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953084872     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-009-9544-2     Document Type: Article

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