Human cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 infection, Finland

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1626-1629

  Salmenlinna, Saara ^a   Lyytikäinen, Outi ^a   Vainio, Anni ^a   Myllyniemi, Anna Liisa ^b   Raulo, Saara ^b   Kanerva, Mari ^c   Rantala, Merja ^d   Thomson, Katariina ^a   Seppänen, Jaana ^b   Vuopio, Jaana ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PROTEIN MEC; PROTEIN SPA; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; WOUND FLUID;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EPIDEMICS; FINLAND; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 77958604914     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1610.091571     Document Type: Article

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