Clinical and molecular characteristics of infections with CO 2-dependent small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2878-2884

  Gómez González, Carmen ^a   Acosta, Joshi ^a   Villa, Jennifer ^a   Barrado, Laura ^a   Sanz, Francisca ^a   Orellana, M Ángeles ^a   Otero, Joaquín R ^a   Chaves, Fernando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLINDAMYCIN; DELTA HEMOLYSIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEMOLYSIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLFA GENE; CLFB GENE; EBH GENE; EBPS GENE; ENDOCARDITIS; ENO GENE; FEMALE; FIB GENE; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; ICAA GENE; ICAB GENE; ICAC GENE; ICAD GENE; ISAB GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SDRC GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND INFECTION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DISKITIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARRIER STATE; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; DISCITIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77955442135     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00520-10     Document Type: Article

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