Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of meticillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Focus on daptomycin minimum inhibitory concentrations at a tertiary care centre in Mumbai, India

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-270

  D'Souza, Namita ^a   Shetty, Anjali ^a   Mehta, Ajita ^a   Rodrigues, Camilla ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

MRSA; MSSA; PVL; SCCmec

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DAPTOMYCIN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEUKOCIDINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77954954987     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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