A variant of the Southern German clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is predominant in Croatia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1077-1083

  Budimir, A ^a   Deurenberg, R H ^b   Bosnjak Z ^a   Stobberingh, E E ^b   Cetkovic, H ^c   Kalenic, S ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; MRSA; PVL; SCCmec; spa typing

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; CHEMISTRY; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROATIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77955161833     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03042.x     Document Type: Article

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