Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 clone as a cause of lemierre's syndrome

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2063-2066

  Chanin, Jake M ^a   Marcos, Luis A ^a   Thompson, Bithika M ^a   Yusen, Roger D ^a   Dunne Jr , W Michael ^a   Warren, David K ^a   Santos, Carlos A Q ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NECK PAIN; NECROTIZING PNEUMONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79955548868     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02507-10     Document Type: Article

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