Detection and characterization of an ST97-SCCmec-V community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in a neonatal intensive care unit and special care baby unit

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 600-604

  Udo, Edet E ^a   Aly, Nasser Yehia A ^b,c   Sarkhoo, Eiman ^a   Al Sawan, Rima ^c   Al Asar, Al Sayed M ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KUWAIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KUWAIT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 79955648516     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.028381-0     Document Type: Article

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