CC8 MRSA strains harboring SCCmec type IVc are predominant in Colombian hospitals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Jiménez, J Natalia ^a   Ocampo, Ana M ^a   Vanegas, Johanna M ^a   Rodriguez, Erika A ^a   Mediavilla, José R ^b   Chen, Liang ^b   Muskus, Carlos E ^a   Vélez, Lázaro A ^a   Rojas, Carlos ^a   Restrepo, Andrea V ^c   Ospina, Sigifredo ^d   Garcés, Carlos ^c,d,e   Franco, Liliana ^e   Bifani, Pablo ^f   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^b   Correa, Margarita M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL PABLO TOBÓN URIBE   (Colombia)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN VICENTE FUNDACIÓN   (Colombia)

^e Servicio de Cardiología Pediátrica y Unidad de Cuidado Intensivo Pediátrico   (Colombia)

^f SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

COLOMBIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84862663960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038576     Document Type: Article

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