The first case of Staphylococcus aureus ST398 causing bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient in Greece

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 232-236

  Drougka, E ^a   Foka, A ^a   Marangos, M N ^b   Liakopoulos, A ^c   Makatsoris, T ^a   Anastassiou, E D ^a   Petinaki, E ^c   Spiliopoulou, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*  (Greece)

^c Department of Internal Medicine   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clones; ST398; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLARITHROMYCIN PLUS LANSOPRAZOLE; BEVACIZUMAB; CARBAMATE KINASE; CATALASE; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COAGULASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; DNA 16S; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; GLYCEROL KINASE; IRINOTECAN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; OXALIPLATIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COLON CANCER; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM STAINING; GREECE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LIVER METASTASIS; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NAUSEA; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 84862508101     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.96706     Document Type: Article

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