Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among preclinical medical students: Epidemiologic and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant S. aureus clones

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-30

  Ma, Xiao Xue ^a   Sun, Dan Dan ^a   Wang, Si ^a   Wang, Mei Lian ^a   Li, Miao ^a   Shang, Hong ^a   Wang, En Hua ^a   Luo, En Jie ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CA MRSA; MRSA clone; Nasal carriage; Panton Valentine leukocidin (PVL); Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CEFTIZOXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; COAGULASE ISOTYPING; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; F PV GENE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUKS GENE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC TYPE IVA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; COAGULASE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NASAL CAVITY; PREVALENCE; PROPHAGES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955024092     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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