Staphylococcus aureus in a northern Italian region: Phenotypic and molecular characterization

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-28

  Gagliotti, Carlo ^a   Monaco, Monica ^b   Sabia, Carla ^c   Gargiulo, Raffaele ^d   Sarti, Mario ^d   Sanchini, Andrea ^b   Marchi, Massimiliano ^a   Ambretti, Simone ^e   Calanca, Fabio ^f   Carillo, Carmelina ^g   Cipolloni, Antonio Paolo ^h   Confalonieri, Massimo ⁱ   Di Carlo, Claudia ^j   Pedna, Maria Federica ^k   Ricci, Lidia ^l   Rossi, Maria Rita ^m   Incerti, Silvia Storchi ⁿ   Testa, Giovanna ^o   Venturelli, Claudia ^p   Pantosti, Annalisa ^b   Moro, Maria Luisa ^a   more..

^a Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d AUSL Modena   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Mazzolani Vandini   (Italy)

^h BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ GUGLIELMO DA SALICETO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j Ospedale S Maria della Scaletta   (Italy)

^k SANTA MARIA DELLE CROCI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

ⁿ PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

^o Osp Infermi   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Methicillin resistance; Molecular biology; Staphylococcus aureus; Typing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84555169338     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.603744     Document Type: Article

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