Molecular typing and phenotype characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from blood in Taiwan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Wei Yao ^a,b   Chiueh, Tzong Shi ^a   Sun, Jun Ren ^a   Tsao, Shin Ming ^c   Lu, Jang Jih ^a,d,e  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b FENG YUAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN GENE; PHENOTYPE; SUPERANTIGENIC TOXIN GENE; TAIWAN; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TAIWAN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84856085071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030394     Document Type: Article

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