Characterisation of MRSA strains isolated from patients in a hospital in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Monecke, Stefan ^a,b   Skakni, Leila ^c   Hasan, Rami ^c   Ruppelt, Antje ^a   Ghazal, Sameeh S ^c   Hakawi, Ahmed ^c   Slickers, Peter ^b   Ehricht, Ralf ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^c KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

MRSA; Panton Valentine leukocidin; Saudi Arabia; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84864667936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-146     Document Type: Article

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