Comparative study of the isolated clones of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevalent in Argentina;Estudio comparativo de clones de aislamientos de Staphylococcus aureus resistentes a meticilina prevalentes en la Argentina

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 665-666

  Gardella, Noella ^a   Fernandez, Silvina ^a   Di Gregorio, Sabrina ^a   Cuirolo, Arabela ^a   Gutkind, Gabriel ^a   Mollerach, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CELL CLONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

ARGENTINA; BIOFILMS; CLONE CELLS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84859934042     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892011001200028     Document Type: Letter

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