High prevalence of qacA/B carriage among clinical isolates of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Malaysia

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-208

  Shamsudin, M N ^a   Alreshidi, M A ^a   Hamat, R A ^a   Alshrari, A S ^a   Atshan, S S ^a   Neela, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antiseptics; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; QacA B; Smr

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; QACA/B PROTEIN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SMR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; BENZETHONIUM; CHLORHEXIDINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84862650736     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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