Staphylococcus aureus eye infections in two Indian hospitals: Emergence of ST772 as a major clone

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-173

  Nadig, Savitha ^a   Velusamy, Nithya ^b   Lalitha, Prajna ^b   Kar, Sarita ^c   Sharma, Savitri ^c   Arakere, Gayathri ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^c L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Agr type II; CA MRSA; PVL; Severe and nonsevere eye infections; ST772

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENDOTOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; TETRACYCLINE;

ABSCESS; ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR TYPE 2; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BUCKLE INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPIDEMIC METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; KERATITIS; LACRIMAL SAC ABSCESS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC TYPE V; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 84863403703     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S23878     Document Type: Article

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