Spread of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to Peru

Journal of Infection

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 482-483

  García, Coralith ^a   Deplano, Ariane ^b   Denis, Olivier ^b   León, Mey ^a   Siu, Hugo ^a   Chincha, Omayra ^a   Samalvides, Frine ^a   Jacobs, Jan ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARCA GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PERU; PNEUMONIA; PVL GENE; SCCMEC IV GENE; SEPSIS; SKIN ABSCESS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; PERU; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 82255191653     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.09.001     Document Type: Letter

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