Molecular analysis and antimicrobial susceptibility of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in one of the hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences: High prevalence of sequence type 239 (ST239) clone

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-39

  Shahsavan, Shadi ^a   Jabalameli, Leila ^a   Maleknejad, Parviz ^a   Aligholi, Marzieh ^a   Imaneini, Hossein ^b   Jabalameli, Fereshteh ^a   Halimi, Shahnaz ^a   Taherikalani, Morovat ^c   Khoramian, Babak ^a   Eslampour, Mohammad ^a   Feizabadi, Mohammad ^a   Emaneini, Mohammad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

antimicrobial susceptibility; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; sequence type 239; Tehran

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CHILD; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79953288123     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: 15882640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.58.2011.1.4     Document Type: Article

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