Mec-associated dru typing in the epidemiological analysis of ST239 MRSA in Malaysia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1365-1369

  Ghaznavi Rad, E ^a,b   Goering, R V ^c   Nor Shamsudin, M ^a   Weng, P L ^a   Sekawi, Z ^a   Tavakol, M ^d   Van Belkum, A ^d   Neela, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A GENE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 80054721863     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1230-1     Document Type: Article

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