Microbiological and molecular characterization of nosocomial and community Staphylococcus aureus isolates

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 613-622

  Scazzocchio, F ^a   Aquilanti, L ^b   Tabacchini, C ^a   Iebba, V ^a   Passariello, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hospital and community infections; methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AGR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; ITALY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CHROMOSOMAL CASSETTE MECA GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79955684279     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881000138X     Document Type: Article

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