Staphylococcus haemolyticus as an important hospital pathogen and carrier of methicillin resistance genes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 166-168

  Barros, E M ^a   Ceotto, H ^a   Bastos, M C F ^a   Dos Santos, K R N ^a   Giambiagi deMarval, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MECA GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 84555178967     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05563-11     Document Type: Article

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