Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus strains associated with food poisoning in Shenzhen, China

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6637-6642

  Yan, Xiaomei ^a   Wang, Bing ^b   Tao, Xiaoxia ^a   Hu, Qinghua ^b   Cui, Zhigang ^a   Zhang, Jianzhong ^a   Lin, Yiman ^b   You, Yuanhai ^a   Shi, Xiaolu ^b   Grundmann, Hajo ^c,d  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENTEROTOXIN; FOOD POISONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PCR ANALYSIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; S. AUREUS; SOUTHERN CHINA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIBIOTICS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES;

BACTERIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENTEROTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DISEASE SPREAD; DRUG; ELECTROKINESIS; FOOD POISONING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROTOXINS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84866150823     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01165-12     Document Type: Article

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