Distribution of fusidic acid resistance determinants in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1173-1176

  McLaws, F B ^a,c   Larsen, A R ^b   Skov, R L ^b   Chopra, I ^a   O'Neill, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b National Centre for Antimicrobials and Infection Control   (Denmark)

^c Leeds Skin Centre for Applied Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSIDIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; DENMARK; DRUG TARGETING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FUSIDIC ACID; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79952325895     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00817-10     Document Type: Article

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