Genetic diversity in CC398 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates of different geographical origin

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1017-1019

  Stegger, M ^a   Lindsay, J A ^b   Sorum M ^a   Gould, K A ^b   Skov, R ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Mobile genetic elements; Multistrain microarray; Panton Valentine leukocidin; ST398

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; NORFLOXACIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 77954640886     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03003.x     Document Type: Article

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