Prevalence of agr specificity groups among Staphylococcus aureus isolates from university hospitals in Tehran

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-29

  Peerayeh, Shahin Najar ^a   Azimian, Amir ^a   Nejad, Qorban Behzadian ^a   Kashi, Mohtar ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGR GENE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IRAN; LUNG FLUID; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77956969582     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: 19437730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/LMGB9GB82WKDANWF     Document Type: Article

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