High prevalence of mec complex C and ccrC is independent of SCCmec type V in Staphylococcus haemolyticus

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 605-614

  Bouchami, O ^a,b   Ben Hassen, A ^b   De Lencastre, H ^a,c   Miragaia, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; METICILLIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN G; PRISTINAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLOTYPE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CCRC GENE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MECA GENE; MECV GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; TUNISIA;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEUTROPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; TUNISIA;

EID: 84862906074     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1354-3     Document Type: Article

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