Molecular characterization and antibiotic susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus from a multidisciplinary hospital in Romania

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-272

  Ionescu, Ramona ^a   Mediavilla, José R ^b   Chen, Liang ^b   Grigorescu, Dan O ^c   Idomir, Mihaela ^c   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^b   Roberts, Richard B ^c,d,e  

^a Clinic County Emergency Hospital   (Romania)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; NITROFURAN DERIVATIVE; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ROMANIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ROMANIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78650167303     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2010.0059     Document Type: Article

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