Temporal changes in the genotypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a tertiary Malaysian hospital based on MLST, spa, and mec-associated dru typing

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-112

  Lim, King Ting ^a   Hanifah, Yasmin Abu ^a   Yusof, Mohd Yasim Mohd ^a   Goering, Richard V ^b   Thong, Kwai Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MLST; MRSA; Spa and dru

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; DRU GENE; GENOTYPE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MALAYSIA; MEC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPA GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84866180865     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.033     Document Type: Article

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