Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus ST398, New York and New Jersey, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 700-702

  Mediavilla, José R ^a   Chen, Liang ^a   Uhlemann, Anne Catrin ^b   Hanson, Blake M ^c   Rosentha, Marnie ^a,d   Stanak, Kathryn ^e   Koll, Brian ^e   Fries, Bettina C ^f   Armellino, Donna ^g   Schilling, Mary Ellen ^g   Weiss, Don ^h   Smith, Tara C ^c   Lowy, Franklin D ^b   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEC A GENE; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84863365412     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1804.111419     Document Type: Letter

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