Emergence of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus from predominant methicillin-resistant S. aureus clones in a Korean hospital

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 533-535

  Cha, Hwa Yun ^a   Kim, Hyun Ok ^a   Jin, Jong Sook ^b   Lee, Je Chul ^b  

^a Health and Environment Institute of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

MRSA; SCCmec; sequence type; VISA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; SOUTH KOREA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77956128898     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-010-0062-5     Document Type: Note

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