Polyclonal non multiresistant methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from clinical cases of infection occurring in Palermo, Italy, during a one-year surveillance period

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mammina, Caterina ^a   Calà, Cinzia ^a   Bonura, Celestino ^a   Di Carlo, Paola ^a   Aleo, Aurora ^a   Fasciana, Teresa ^a   Giammanco, Anna ^a   Geraci, Daniela Maria ^a   Saporito, Maria Antonietta ^b   Sodano, Concetta ^b   Verde, Maria Stella ^b   Genco, Rosa Lia ^c   D'Accardo, Anna Maria ^d   Amato, Teresa ^e   Di Carlo, Enza ^e   Distefano, Salvatore ^e   Immordino, Rita ^e   Pitarresi, Laura ^e   Virruso, Roberta ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Microbiology   (Italy)

^c Buccheri La Ferla Hospital   (Italy)

^d VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE CATABOLIC MOBILE ELEMENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE LOCUS; ITALY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYCLONAL NON METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ITALY; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84862299136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-11-17     Document Type: Article

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