Characterization of SCCmec elements in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from blood cultures from neonates during three decades

APMIS

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 885-893

  Svensson, Karolina ^a   Hellmark, Bengt ^a   Söderquist, Bo ^a,b  

^a Clinical Microbiology   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ACME; mecA; Methicillin resistance; SCCmec; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC RESPIRATION CONTROL PROTEIN A; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PROTEIN CCR1; PROTEIN CCR2; PROTEIN CCR3; PROTEIN CCR4; PROTEIN OPP3AB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 81355147446     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2011.02801.x     Document Type: Article

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