High prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone ST80-IV in hospital and community settings in Algiers

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 526-532

  Antri, K ^a   Rouzic, N ^b,c   Dauwalder, O ^b,c   Boubekri, I ^a   Bes, M ^b,c   Lina, G ^b,c   Vandenesch, F ^b,c   Tazir, M ^a   Ramdani Bouguessa, N ^a   Etienne, J ^b,c  

^a CHU Mustapha   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Community acquired infections; Hospital; Infections; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Panton Valentine leukocidin

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LEUKOCIDIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLONE; COMMUNITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79952718991     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03273.x     Document Type: Article

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