MRSA SCCmec epidemiology in Israel: Development and implementation of an MRSA SCCmec typing strategy

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1443-1452

  Alon, D ^a,b   Abd Elkadir, F ^a   Chowers, M ^a   Paitan, Y ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; ISRAEL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC GENE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 80054737673     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1243-9     Document Type: Article

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