Molecular Characterization of Clinical Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in South Africa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4608-4611

  Moodley, A ^a   Oosthuysen, W F ^b   Duse A G ^b   Marais, E ^b   Duse A ^b   Brink, A ^c   Coetzee, G ^d   Mogale, J ^d   Mahlati, S ^d   Badenhorts, L ^e   Fick, K ^e   Botha, E ^f   Jordaan, C ^f   Janse Van Rensburg, M N ^f   Botha, M ^c   Ho, L ^c   Botha, F ^g   Hari Makkan, D ^g   Perovic, O ^h   Antelme, D ^h   Lindeque, K ⁱ   Van Der Linde, R ^j   Nickleson, P ^j   Hoyland, G ^f   Kruger, J ^f   Pumeza, A ^f   Hammans, C ^f   Bothes, D ^k   De Wit, S ^k   Kola, Z ^f   Weenink, J ^f   Enslin, M ^k   Kuhn, H ^k   Cilliers, D ^f   Du Plessis, E ^f   Khantsi, I ^f   Swart, W ^l   Kuhn, C ^l   Pearce, V ^f   Bosch, O ^f   Senekal, M ^m   Lalloo, S ^m   Oliver, S ⁿ   Shankland, Iva ⁿ   Jarvis, B ^f   Miller, N ^o   Bredenkamp, J ^o   Mkhize, N ^k   Khedzie, N ^k   Thembe, T ^p   Mackenza, J ^p   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Ampath Trust   (South Africa)

^d National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS)   (South Africa)

^e Ampath Pathologists   (South Africa)

^f NHLS   (South Africa)

^g Ampath   (South Africa)

^h Charlotte Maxeke Hospital   (South Africa)

ⁱ NHLS   (South Africa)

^j Ampath   (South Africa)

^k Ermelo Laboratory ^*  (South Africa)

^l Pathcare Laboratory   (South Africa)

^m Pathcare Laboratory   (South Africa)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^o Ampath   (South Africa)

^p RK Khan Hospital   (South Africa)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78650066606     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01704-10     Document Type: Article

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