Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular characteristics of 857 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 16 medical centers in Japan (2008-2009): Nationwide survey of community-acquired and nosocomial MRSA

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-257

  Yanagihara, Katsunori ^a   Araki, Nobuko ^a   Watanabe, Shinichi ^b   Kinebuchi, Takahiro ^c   Kaku, Mitsuo ^d   Maesaki, Shigefumi ^e   Yamaguchi, Keizo ^f   Matsumoto, Tetsuya ^g   Mikamo, Hiroshige ^h   Takesue, Yoshio ⁱ   Kadota, Jun Ichi ^j   Fujita, Jiro ^k   Iwatsuki, Keiji ^l   Hino, Haruko ^m   Kaneko, Takehiko ⁿ   Asagoe, Kenji ^o   Ikeda, Masami ^p   Yasuoka, Akira ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Social Welfare Corporation Hokkaido Institutional Society Frano Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^j OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^l OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m Mutual Aid Association of Public School Teachers   (Japan)

ⁿ Fraternity Memorial Hospital Tokyo   (Japan)

^o National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^p TAKAMATSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; CA MRSA; Molecular characteristic; MRSA; Nationwide survey

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL SPECIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856608437     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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