Diffusion of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 strains in central Italy

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-346

  Di Giacobbe, A ^a   Pecetta, S ^a   Virga, A ^a   Scazzocchio, F ^a   Aquilanti, L ^b   Iebba, V ^a   Passariello, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

MRSA; PFGE; Staphylococcus aureus; USA300

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; ITALY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ITALY; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79952816251     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.12.021     Document Type: Article

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